Patent ID: 8240618

Claim:
An apparatus for connection to a vertical post at a railroad crossing intersection, comprising: a multiple direction railroad gate release mechanism, said gate release mechanism being attached to one end of a railroad crossing arm and supported by at least one mounting arm attached to the vertical post at a railroad crossing intersection, said gate release mechanism being supported by at least one mounting bracket which is in turn supported by said at least one mounting arm, said gate release mechanism comprising: a primary pivot arm assembly pivotally connected to the at least one mounting bracket; and a secondary pivot arm assembly being pivotally connected to said primary pivot arm assembly, with one end of said railroad crossing arm fixedly connected to said secondary pivot arm assembly, wherein the primary pivot arm assembly is horizontally rotable around a primary pivot pin of the multiple direction railroad gate release mechanism, the primary pivot arm assembly horizontally rotable in a counterclockwise direction against a first spring bias and in a clockwise direction, opposite the counterclockwise direction, against a second spring bias other than the first spring bias, and wherein the secondary pivot arm assembly is horizontally rotable around a secondary pivot pin of the multiple direction railroad gate release mechanism, the secondary pivot arm assembly freely rotable in the counterclockwise direction against a third spring bias other than the first spring bias and the second spring bias.