Patent ID: 6477984
Filing Date: 2002-11-12
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
A gate assembly for confining animals in an alley having an alley floor and two alley sides, the gate assembly comprising:a base shaped and arranged for location in the alley between the alley sides; ground wheels on the base for transporting the base along the alley, the ground wheels being arranged to run on the alley floor between the alley sides; a motor operable by a user for driving at least one of the ground wheels for causing movement along the alley; and a barrier carried by the base for movement therewith along the alley, the barrier being shaped and arranged to co-operate closely with the alley sides to close the alley against passage therealong past the gate assembly by the animals; the ground wheels projecting downwardly below a bottom edge of the barrier such that the ground wheels run on the alley floor with the barrier standing upwardly from the base.