Adjustable gate, having multiple guttering systems, multiple impact-absorbing systems, multiple anti-warping systems, multiple anti-sagging systems, multiple personal-injury-eliminating systems, and self-centering angle-locking safety truss

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9784031-B2
Application number	US-201514882380-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 13, 2015
Priority date	Oct 16, 2014
Publication date	Oct 10, 2017
Grant date	Oct 10, 2017

Abstract

A unique adjustable guttering anti-warping anti-sagging safety-truss gate comprises corner gutters to drain rain water, body gutters to drain rain water, extension tubes having multiple built-in tunnel systems to drain rain water, struts having multiple built-in tunnel systems to drain rain water, and vertical tubes having multiple built-in draining-hole systems to drain rain water down to the ground. Further, the unique gate comprises multiple ridge systems built into the extension tubes to strengthen the unique gate, and multiple spring systems built into the vertical tubes to strengthen the unique gate and to absorb impact forces, warping forces, twisting forces, and sagging forces exerted on the unique gate during its lifespan. The corner gutters, body gutters, and vertical tubes are welded to one another to create the frame of the unique gate. The extension tubes are inserted into the body gutters, and the struts are screwed in the corner gutters and on the extension tubes to define the width of the unique gate.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An adjustable gate, for discharging rain water, absorbing impact, warping, twisting, sagging forces, and eliminating injuries, comprising:
a plurality of corner gutters,
a plurality of corner-gutter drain holes,
a plurality of tunneled horizontal struts,
a plurality of horizontal-strut tunnels,
a plurality of body gutters,
a plurality of ridged tunneled extension tubes,
a plurality of extension-tube ridges,

a plurality of extension-tube tunnels,
a plurality of vertical tubes,
a plurality of first drain holes,
a plurality of second drain holes,
a plurality of third drain holes,
a plurality of fourth drain holes,
a plurality of fifth drain holes,
a plurality of sixth drain holes,
a plurality of seventh drain holes,
a plurality of eighth drain holes,
two truss holes,
first impact-absorbing anti-warping spring,
second impact-absorbing anti-warping spring,
third impact-absorbing anti-warping spring,
fourth impact-absorbing anti-warping spring
a plurality of screw-head-hiding dimples,
a plurality of corner-gutter screws,
a plurality of extension-tube screws,
a safety truss,
a turnbuckle hook,
a turnbuckle,
a cable hook,
a truss cable,
first truss-cable end,
second truss-cable end,
a self-centering angle-locking truss-cable-end clamp,
a self-centering head,
an angle-locking long wing,
an angle-locking short wing and
a plurality of clamp screws,
wherein,
said vertical tubes have
vertical-tube ends, respectively,

said corner-gutters are welded to
said body-gutters and
said vertical tubes at
said vertical-tube ends, respectively,

said corner-gutter drain holes are cut or drilled into
said vertical tubes and communicate with
said corner-gutters, respectively,

said tunneled horizontal struts have
horizontal-strut ends, respectively,

said horizontal struts are inserted into
said corner-gutters at
said horizontal-strut ends, respectively,

said horizontal-strut tunnels have
horizontal-strut bottoms, respectively,

said horizontal-strut tunnels are cut into and along
said horizontal-strut bottoms, respectively,

said body-gutters are welded to
said corner-gutters and
said vertical tubes at
said opposite vertical-tube ends, respectively,

said ridged tunneled extension tube are inserted into
said body-gutters, respectively,

said extension-tube ridges have
extension-tube bottoms, respectively,

said extension-tube ridges are formed into and along
said extension-tube bottoms, respectively,

said extension-tube tunnels are formed into and along
said extension-tube bottoms, respectively,

said first, second, third, and fourth drain holes are drilled into
said vertical tubes and communicate with
said corner-gutters, respectively,

said fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth drain holes are drilled into
said vertical tubes and communicate with
said body gutters,

said truss holes are drilled into
said vertical tubes, respectively,

said vertical tubes have
vertical-tube inner surfaces, respectively,

said first, second, third, and fourth impact-absorbing anti-warping springs
are diagonally welded to
said vertical-tube inner surfaces, respectively,

said corner gutters have
corner-gutter rear surfaces, respectively,

said screw-head-hiding dimples are formed into
said corner-gutter rear surface, respectively,

said corner-gutter screws have
corner-gutter screw heads, respectively,

said corner-gutter screws are screwed into
said screw-head-hiding dimples and into
said horizontal-strut ends
to hide said corner-gutter screw heads inside
said screw-head-hiding dimples, respectively,
to give said adjustable gate a screw-head-free appearance,

said extension-tube screws have
extension-tube screw heads, respectively,

said extension-tube screws are screwed into
said ridged tunneled extension tubes and into
said tunneled horizontal struts
to hide said extension-tube screw heads inside
said extension-tube tunnels and inside
said horizontal-strut tunnels, respectively,
to give said adjustable gate a screw-head-free appearance,

said turnbuckle hook is hooked into
one of said two truss holes,

said cable hook is screwed in
said turnbuckle,

said truss cable is threaded through
said cable hook,

said first and second truss-cable ends are inserted into
another one of said two truss holes,

said self-centering angle-locking truss-cable-end clamp clamps on
said first and second truss-cable ends,

said self-centering head is molded to
said self-centering angle-locking truss-cable-end clamp,

said self-centering angle-locking truss-cable-end clamp has
two opposite clamp corners,

said angle-locking long and short wings are molded to
said clamp corners, and

said clamp screws are screwed on
said self-centering angle-locking truss-cable-end clamp,

wherein,
said corner gutters are for
leading rain water trapped between
said ridged tunneled extension tubes and
said tunneled horizontal struts to

said first, second, third, and fourth drain holes, respectively,
leading rain water trapped between
said tunneled horizontal struts and
said corner gutters to
said first, second, third, and fourth drain holes, respectively,

discharging rain water trapped between
said ridged tunneled extension tubes and
said tunneled horizontal struts through
said first, second, third, and fourth drain holes, respectively, and

discharging rain water trapped between
said tunneled horizontal struts and
said corner gutters through
said first, second, third, and fourth drain holes, respectively,

said corner-gutter drain holes are for
draining trapped rain water from
said ridged tunneled extension tubes into
said first, second, third, and fourth drain-holes, respectively,

draining trapped rain water from
said tunneled horizontal struts into

said first, second, third, and fourth drain-holes, respectively, and
draining trapped rain water from said corner gutters into
said first, second, third, and fourth drain-holes, respectively,

said horizontal-strut tunnels are for
leading trapped rain water away from
said ridged tunneled extension tubes to
said first, second, third, and fourth drain-holes, respectively,

leading trapped rain water away from
said tunneled horizontal struts to
said first, second, third, and fourth drain-holes, respectively, and

leading trapped rain water away from
said corner gutters to
said first, second, third, and fourth drain-holes, respectively,

said body gutters are for:
leading rain water trapped between
said tunneled horizontal struts and
said ridged tunneled extension tubes to
said fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth drain holes, respectively,

leading rain water trapped between said ridged tunneled extension tubes and
said body gutters to
said fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth drain holes, respectively,

discharging rain water trapped between said tunneled horizontal struts and
said ridged tunneled extension tubes through
said fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth drain holes, respectively, and

discharging rain water trapped between said ridged tunneled extension tubes and
said body gutters through
said fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth drain holes, respectively,

said ridged tunneled extension tubes are for
adjusting the width of said adjustable gate,

said tunneled horizontal struts are for
adjusting the width of said adjustable gate,

said extension-tube ridges are for
strengthening said ridged tunneled extension tubes, respectively,

said extension-tube tunnels are for
leading trapped rain water away from
said ridged tunneled extension tubes to
said fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth drain holes, respectively,

leading trapped rain water away from
said tunneled horizontal struts to
said fifth, s

Assignees

• Volin Dee

Inventors

• Volin Dee

Classifications

• E06B7/14

  Measures for draining-off condensed water or water leaking-in {frame members for draining off condensation water, throats at the bottom of a sash} · CPC title

• E06B11/02 Primary

  Gates; Doors · CPC title