Mary Elizabeth Wagner

US Patent:

43555942, Oct 26, 1982

Filed:

Oct 17, 1979

Appl. No.:

6/085538

Inventors:

Mary H. Wagner - Perkasie PA

International Classification:

B60P 304

US Classification:

119 7

Abstract:

An arm member rotatably mounted to the back of a horse trailer is positioned in a vertically extending orientation to permit a person to lead a horse into the desired stall space on the trailer, and an elongate actuating member, which is adapted to retain the arm member in the vertical orientation and which is operable from a location remote of the arm member, is actuated to cause the arm member to move to a generally horizontal orientation behind the horse. In one embodiment, the arm member is pivotally mounted to the back end of the trailer and the actuating member comprises an elongate rod slidably mounted to the trailer and adapted to retain the arm member in the vertically upward orientation yet, when slidably moved forward, it releases the arm member and permits the arm to rotate under its own weight until its free end is caught by a stop member which holds the arm member horizontally. Alternatively, the actuating member comprises an elongate rod rotatably mounted to the trailer, with the arm member fixed to the back end of the rod. The front end of the rod includes a handle for controlling the orientation of the arm member which is thus rotatable between its vertical and horizontal orientations by acting directly on the handle.