Patent ID: 8534230

Claim:
A portable corral comprised of an entrance chute, a rear-wheel assembly with two sides, a left side and a right side, a central chute, a left foldable corral, a right foldable corral, a breakaway hitch, an under-slung torsion tube, a front chute, and an exit chute; wherein the rear-wheel assembly with two sides is comprised of the under-slung torsion tube wherein the under-slung torsion tube is comprised of a steel tube that is attached to a wheel frame on each side of the rear wheel assembly; wherein the wheel frame is in turn attached to one or more rubber wheels on each side of the wheel frame; wherein the under-slung torsion tube serves to provide a mechanical connection and mechanical communication between the two sides of the rear wheel assembly; wherein the under-slung torsion tube serves to maintain stability of the portable corral as the portable corral is transported over rough terrain; wherein the entrance chute is comprised of two or more fence panels attached to a rear of the central chute; wherein the fence panels are rectangular panels constructed from tubular steel or sheet steel members that form a single fence unit or fence panel constructed so that livestock cannot walk or crawl through opening of the two or more fence panels; wherein the central chute is comprised of a central chute frame, four main corner horizontal structural beams, four main corner vertical structural beams, a plurality of horizontal, vertical and diagonal support members, a plurality of alleyway gates, a pair of rear lifting cylinders, a front lift, a hydraulic pump, a solar panel, a battery, and a second plurality of fence panels; wherein the central chute acts as a main structural and support assembly when the portable corral is being transported; and wherein the central chute serves as a central livestock herding corridor when the portable corral is in the deployed mode.