Patent ID: 7500655

Claim:
A gate bracket kit for use with at least one gate component to form a gate, said gate bracket kit comprising: a front bracket having a first straight arm adapted for attachment to the front of a gate upright, said first straight arm having a proximal end, a distal end, and a pin receiving hole proximate said distal end of said first arm, a second straight arm adapted for attachment to the front of a gate rail, said second straight arm having a proximal end and a distal end, and an arcuate arm having a proximal end, a distal end, and a plurality of selectable pin receiving holes proximate said distal end of said arcuate arm, wherein said proximal end of said first straight arm of said front bracket is pivotally connected to said proximal end of said second straight arm of said front bracket, wherein said proximal end of said arcuate arm is integrally connected to said distal end of said second straight arm of said front bracket, and wherein said distal end of said arcuate arm overlaps said distal end of said first straight arm of said front bracket and extends from the front of the gate rail to the front of the gate upright, wherein an angle of said pivotal connection between said first straight arm and said second straight arm of said front bracket is defined according to a selection of one of said plurality of selectable pin receiving holes of said arcuate arm; a rear bracket separate from said front bracket, said rear bracket having a first straight arm adapted for attachment to the rear of the gate upright, said first straight arm of the rear bracket having a proximal end, a distal end, and a pin receiving hole proximate said distal end of said first straight arm of the rear bracket, and a second straight arm adapted for attachment to the rear of the gate rail, said second straight arm of the rear bracket having a proximal end and a distal end, wherein said proximal end of said first straight arm of said rear bracket is pivotally connected to said proximal end of said second straight arm of said rear bracket; and a pin, wherein said front bracket and said rear bracket are adapted to be placed in opposition about the gate upright and the gate rail and securely engaged together by extension of said pin through said pin receiving hole of said first straight arm of said rear bracket, said pin receiving hole of said first straight arm of said front bracket, and one of said plurality of selectable pin receiving holes of said arcuate arm of said front bracket, and wherein an angle of said pivotal connection between said first straight arm and said second straight arm of said engaged rear bracket is essentially equivalent to said angle of said pivotal connection between said first straight arm and said second straight arm of said engaged front bracket.