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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 31, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
William D Cummings, Garden City, KS (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
119734 ; 119731 ;
Abstract
Cattle head gate on a squeeze chute which includes a pair of gates which open outwardly, with each gate pivotally attached to the chute about separate vertical axes, the vertical axis of each gate being positioned longitudinally outside of the squeeze chute. Actuating arms connected to the gates swing the gates into a closed position with a longitudinal component of the gates' movement in the same direction as that of the animal.