Gate

Inventors: Finis Earl Morton, III (Millington, TN); Arty Lindley (Atoka, TN)

E06B11/022 E06B9/01 E06B11/027

View Patent ↗

Loading inventors, assignments & file history…

Monitor This Case

Get email alerts when status or documents change.

Order Certified Copies

Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.

Order via The Patent Place →

Pre-filled with this patent's details

Quick Facts

Patent No.: US 11,629,553
App. No.: 16/912,467
Granted: Apr 18, 2023
Kind: B2

External Links

USPTO Patent Center↗ Full Patent PDF↗

Abstract

A gate made from light weight tubular material with creates a framework upon which slats are attached. Slats are capable of being attached on the front of the gate or being passed through slots in the tubular material. The framework is capable of being reinforced with the use of additional tubular material or braces in the corners, as well as additional horizontal, vertical, or diagonal supports.

Claims (51)

1. A gate for a fence, said gate consisting of:

the gate;

the gate further consisting of a framework, a plurality of slats, a plurality of hinges, a plurality of mechanisms to connect the framework together, wherein a mechanism of the plurality of mechanisms include at least one of welds, rivets, or threaded fasteners, a plurality of attachments to connect the plurality of slats to the framework, a latch, an upper left rectangular tubing, an upper right rectangular tubing, a lower left rectangular tubing, and a lower right rectangular tubing;

the framework with a left side, a right side, a front, and a back;

the framework further with a left rectangular tubing, a right rectangular tubing, a top rectangular tubing, a bottom rectangular tubing;

the left rectangular tubing with a length, an upper end, a lower end, an outside face, an inside face, a front face, and a back face;

the right rectangular tubing with a length, an upper end, a lower end, an outside face, an inside face, a front face and a back face;

the top rectangular tubing with a length, a left end, a right end, a top face, a bottom face, a front face, and a back face;

the bottom rectangular tubing with a length, a left end, a right end, a top face, a bottom face, a front face and a back face;

the upper end of the left rectangular tubing is attached to the left end of the top rectangular tubing by the mechanism of the plurality of mechanisms;

the upper end of the right rectangular tubing is attached to the right end of the top rectangular tubing by the mechanism of the plurality of mechanisms;

the lower end of the left rectangular tubing is attached to the left end of the bottom rectangular tubing by the mechanism of the plurality of mechanisms;

the lower end of the right rectangular tubing is attached to the right end of the bottom rectangular tubing by the mechanism of the plurality of mechanisms;

the plurality of hinges are attached along the length of the outside face of at least one of the left rectangular tubing or the right rectangular tubing;

the plurality of slats are attached to a front side of the framework in at least one of the following fashions, those fashions being horizontally, vertically, or diagonally, with the plurality of slats attached by the plurality of attachments;

wherein the latch is attached along the length of the outside face of at least one of the left rectangular tubing or the right rectangular tubing, wherein the latch is attached on either the left rectangular tubing or the right rectangular tubing opposite the hinges;

the upper left rectangular tubing consists of a length, an upper end, and a lower end;

the upper right rectangular tubing consists of a length, an upper end, and a lower end;

the lower left rectangular tubing consists of a length, an upper end, and a lower end;

the lower right rectangular tubing consists of a length, an upper end, and a lower end;

the upper end of the upper left rectangular tubing is attached to the top rectangular tubing on the bottom face thereof along the length of the top rectangular tubing by the mechanism of the plurality of mechanisms and the lower end of the upper left rectangular tubing is attached to the left rectangular tubing on the inside face thereof along the length of the left rectangular tubing by the mechanism of the plurality of mechanisms;

the upper end of the upper right rectangular tubing is attached to the top rectangular tubing on the bottom face thereof along the length of the top rectangular tubing by the mechanism of the plurality of mechanisms and the lower end of the upper right rectangular tubing is attached to the right rectangular tubing on the inside face thereof along the length of the right rectangular tubing by the mechanism of the plurality of mechanisms;

the lower end of the lower left rectangular tubing is attached to the bottom rectangular tubing on the top face thereof along the length of the bottom rectangular tubing by the mechanism of the plurality of mechanisms and the upper end of the lower left rectangular tubing is attached to the left rectangular tubing on the inside face thereof along the length of the left rectangular tubing by the mechanism of the plurality of mechanisms; and

the lower end of the lower right rectangular tubing is attached to the bottom rectangular tubing on the top face thereof along the length of the bottom rectangular tubing by the mechanism of the plurality of mechanisms and the upper end of the lower right rectangular tubing is attached to the right rectangular tubing on the inside face thereof along the length of the right rectangular tubing by the mechanism of the plurality of mechanisms.

2. A gate for a fence, said gate consisting of:

the gate;

the gate consisting of a framework, a plurality of slats, a plurality of hinges, a plurality of mechanisms to connect the framework together, wherein a mechanism of the plurality of mechanisms include at least one of welds, rivets, or threaded fasteners, a plurality of attachments to connect the plurality of slats to the framework, a latch, an upper left rectangular tubing, an upper right rectangular tubing, a lower left rectangular tubing, a lower right rectangular tubing, and at least one of a plurality of vertical supports, a plurality of horizontal supports, or a plurality of diagonal supports;