Livestock stanchion

摘要

An improved livestock stanchion including a plurality of forked vertical posts fixed between a substantially horizontal base rail and a horizontal rail to form a co-planar frame having at least one livestock opening. The horizontal rail can be serpentine in form to reduce the likelihood of head, horn or ear strikes as the animal's head enters a livestock opening. A locking bar rests in at least one releaseable support yoke mounted to the frame to allow easy installation and removal of a locking bar and its appurtenances. An end lap between adjacent locking bars provides for a strong releaseable couple. An offset pivot member and an offset latch pin of a pivoting restraining stanchion provide early engagement of a latch pin to a latching mechanism such as a pair of opposing latch dogs mounted on a locking bar above the horizontal rail.

主权项

1. A livestock stanchion comprising:
a plurality of vertical posts fixed between a substantially horizontal base rail and a substantially horizontal slider rail to form an essentially co-planar frame having at least one livestock opening; a locking bar positioned horizontally and above said slider rail to form a swing space between said locking bar and said slider rail; at least one stub projecting outward from at least one of said vertical posts and coplanar with said frame and above said base rail and is pivotally fixed to at least one offset pivot member extending away from at least one restraining stanchion, wherein said at least one restraining stanchion pivots between an open position, a locked position and a free position in at least one said livestock opening; at least one latch pin fixed to an upper region of at least one said restraining stanchion, extending through said swing space normal to said frame and offset to a longitudinal axis of said at least one restraining stanchion, wherein said at least one latch pin and said offset pivot member are positioned diametrically opposite each other with respect to said longitudinal axis of said at least one restraining stanchion; at least one pair of opposing latch dogs pivotally connected to said locking bar to form at least one latching space within said swing space and at least one unlatching space above said locking bar when said at least one pair of opposing latch dogs are in a substantially vertical position.