Patent ID: 6273028
Filing Date: 2001-08-14
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
In multiple stanchion construction having vertically-spaced upper and lower horizontal support members, intermediate vertical support posts and spaced swing pipes defining spaced positions for accommodating cattle in spaced, captive relationship, the improvement which comprises: a turn bar extending the length of and operatively supported relative to said upper horizontal support member from each of said spaced swing pipes; a plurality of spaced locking tabs on said turn bar adjacent each of said swing pipes; a locking member pivotally supported from the upper terminii of each of said swing pipes and receiving said tabs, said locking member releasably entrapping said tabs and having a pair of oppositely opposed flipper blocks for releasably entrapping said tabs, said flipper blocks freely swinging to entrap said tabs but unable to swing in an opposite direction to release said tabs, said swing pipes and cooperating locking members being selectively positionable in a locked and unlocked position; and actuator means for the circular movement of said turn bar to simultaneously release each of said swing bars, having its associated locking member released by said adjacently positioned tab of said turn bar, into the unlocked position.