US1124793A - Hay-rack. - Google Patents

Description

I. L. OSBORNE.

HAY RACK. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 6, 1914.

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APPLIOATION RILED JUNE6,1914.

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ATTORNEYS ISAAC L. osnonivn, or REDMONID, OREGON.

HAY-RACK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 12, 1915.

dication filed June 6, 1914. Serial No. 843,444.

all whom it may concern:

1 Be it known that I, ISAAC L. Osizoan, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Redmond, in the county of Crook and tical section,

,- cross bars 4 and 4 said cross bars as side plates 3. The

Stateof Oregon, have invented a new'and useful Improvement in Hay-Racks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in hay racks, and has for its object to provide a combination rack of the character specified, capable of being expanded into rack form or contracted into compact form for handling or storing, and wherein the rack may be converted into a rack for supporting hay, straw, or the like, or into a crate or cage for conveying live stock, as for instance, hogs, sheep, calves, or the like. In the drawings :Figure 1 'is a side view of the improved rack, Fig. 2 is atop plan View, Fig. 3 is an end view with the rack in use as a rack, Fig. 4 is a transverse ver- Fig. 5 isfront view of the front rail, Fig. 6 is an end view with the rack arranged as a crate or cage, Fig. 7 is an enlarged partial side view of one of the side frames, and Fig. 8 is a front view of a modified form of end gate.

The present embodiment of the invention comprises a base, consisting of upper and lower bed plates 1 and 2 of suitable length, and the bed plates connect front and rear frames. The front frame is composed of side plates 3, connected by pairs of front and rear cross bars 4 and 1, the bed plates 1 and 2 being arranged above and below the and being secured to the shown, intermediate the members of each pair of cross bars 4 and 4- are spaced apart from each other as shown, and the adjacent members of the pairs are connected at the side plates 3, by longitudinally extending plates 5.

The rear frame consists of side lates 6, front and rear pairs of cross bars and 7 and a central cross bar 8, thecross bars con necting the sideplates.

The bed plates 1 and 2 are secured to the cross bars 7, 7" and 8, as shown in- Fig. 2. Flooring plates 9 are laid on the cross bar 8, and on the adjacent members of the pairs of cross bars 7 and 7 between the upper bed plate 1 and the side plates 9. The members of each pair of cross bars 7 and 7'- are spaced apart n the same manner as the members of the pairs 4 and 4 of the front frame. I

' with the sides are arranged plate 19 is arranged bracket The side plates 3 of the front frame and the side plates 6 of the rear frame are provided with bearing clips 10 on their outer faces, each of the plates having two clips, and the front cross bar ofthepair 4 is also provided with a .pair of clips 10 on its outer face similar to the clips 10 of the side plates 3 and 6. Side frames are also provided, each of the said frames consisting of four uprights l1, and the lower ends of the standards adapted to be received in the clips 10 of the side plates 3 and 6, when the side frames of the rack are in vertical position to form a crate or cage.

The standards 12 are arranged'with their wide dimensions in the plane of the side, that is, with their Wide dimensions in the same plane, while the uprights are arranged their wide dimensions parallel. A standard 12 is provided for each clip 10, and an upright 11 is arranged adjacent to each standard on the outer side thereof. The upper ends of the uprights 11 are beveled as indicated at 13 in Figs. 3 and 4, and longitudinally extendingplates 14 are arranged on the beveled ends and are secured to the uprights in any suitable manner.

Bolts 15 are passed through the ends of the uprights at the beveled surfaces and through the plates 14, and each bolt is pro-' vided with a nut 16 at its upper end. When to be used as a'rack as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, rails 17 and 18 are arranged transversely of the base frame at the front and rear ends for connecting I the outer side of the side frames, and each of the rails 17 and 18 is provided with an opening at each end for receiving the end of the adjacent bolt 15, and a reinforcing end of each rail on the upper facethereof,

' each plate 19 having anopening registering with the opening of therail, and the reinforcing plates are secured to'the rails in any suitable or desired manner.

The front rail 17 difiers slightly from the rear rail 18 in that ter and at its front edge notches 20 are provided, and a substantially U-shaped bracket comprising a body 21 andarms 22 is connected with the rail. The body 21 of the bracket has its Wide dimension vertical and is spaced in front of the front edge of the rail as shown in Fig. 5. The arms 22 of the are secured to theupper face of the transversely of each on each side of its cen masses arranged as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, and the is also evident upper "free ends of the side frames'are connected by the front and rear rails 17 and 1.8. The ladder is now placed, and the rack is ready for use. When loaded the gates are supported by their engagement with the uprights, so that theload cannot fall out through the gates. When it is desired to transform the rack into a crate or cage the rails 17 and 18 are removed and laid aside.

Each side frame is arranged as shown in F ig.- 1, the lower .ends of the standards being engaged with the clips 10. The front and rear end gates are then placed and secured to the end uprights of the said frames .by the bolts 38, and the nuts 39. Before placing the intermediate gates or partitions, floor boards not shown are dropped into place on each side of the upper bed plate 1 be tween the adjacent ends of the floor boards 5 and 9. The intermediate gates or partitions are then placed and'secured in place to the uprights, and the'said I partitions or gates hold the floor boards abovementioned in place.

It will be noted from an inspection of Fig. 2 that each of the side frames 3 and'6 is grooved or mortised as indicated at 46 at the space between the members of each pair of cross plates H 7 and 7, for receiving the uprights.

The improved rack is easily adjusted to either form, and when it is desired to store the same the parts may be folded into small space. "When converted into a crate or cage, there are three compartments, so that the animals may be separated into small lots, thus preventing the liability of damage from each other. In addition the farmer has two complete implements in a single form.

Each end gate shown in Fig. 8 comprises cross plates 47 and vertical bars 48 at its the bars being secured to the plates suitable manner. A ii-shaped brace connected with the gate, the said is ale brace consisting of two portions 49, conand secured to verging at their upper ends or plates 49 are the plates 47. The portions beveled at their ends to fit closely against each other at the bottom of the gate and to fit closely against the bars 48 at the top of the gate.

It will be evident that the improved rack may he left permanently in either condition, either as a rack or as a crate if, desired. lit that in either form certain be omitted. For instance in elements might the transverse gates,

a rack the end gates,

' and thefloor boards would not be needed,

hile as a crate the front and rear rails 17 a-nd l8 and the ladder would not he needed.

I claim 1. A\rack comprising a base consisting of front an d rear frames spaced apart from each other at their ad acent ends, each I s K,

when in inclined jacent side frame,

frame having at each end a transversely exthereof to permit the side frames to be con-.

nected with the base in inclined position diverging from the base toward their upper ends, front and rear rails for connecting the upper edges of the side frames at their ends position, and a series of gates for-connecting the side frames when in vertical position, each side frame having a hinged and rear frames of the base, said gate being hinged at its upper side edge to swing in wardly and upwardly, means in' connection with each gate and the side frame for limiting the outward swinging movement of the gate to a position in the plane of the adand a ladder detachably connected with the front end of the base, the front side rail having means for embracing the ladder.

the clips at the ad gate at the space between the front 2. A rack comprising a base consisting of front and rear frames spaced apart from each other at their adjacent ends, each frame for engaging the clips at the adjacent sidepermitting the side frames to be connected with the base in approximate parallelism and approximately vertical to the base, and having uprights fitting the transverse slots between the bed plates and resting on the base at the sides thereof to permit the side frames to be connected with the base in inclined position diverging from the base toward their upper ends, front and rear rails for connecting the upper edges of the side frames at .their ends when in inclined position, and a series of gatesfor con necting the side frames when in vertical position, each side frame having a hinged gate at the space between the'front and rear frames of the base, said-gate being hinged at its upper side edge to swing inwardly and upwardly, and means in connection with each gate and the side frame for limiting the outward swinging movement of the gate to a position in the plane of the adjacent side frame.

3. A hay rack comprisinga base consistof the base for ing of front and rear frames spaced apart from each other at their adjacent ends, each frame having at each end a transversely extending Vertical slot, upper and lower bed plates arranged longitudinally of the base and connecting the frames at the center of the base, holding clips at each side of each of the frames, side fran'ies each having standards for engaging the eiips at the ad jacent side of the base for permitting the side frames to be connected With the base in approximate parallelism and approximately vertical to the base and having uprights fitting the transverse slots between the bed plates and resting on the base at the sides thereof to permit the side frames to be con nected with the base in inclined position diverging from the base toward their upper ends, front and rear rails for connecting the upper edges of the said frames at their ends When in inclined position, and a series of gates for connecting the side frames when m Vertical position, each side frame having memes a hinged gate at the space between the front and rear frames of the base, said gate being hinged at its uppersideedg'e to swing inwardly and u w dl I J r I l. A hay rack comprising a base consisting of front and rear frames'spaced apart rrom each other, 11' peer and lower bed plates extending longitu inally of the base above clined position, each side frame having a gate at the space between the -front and rear frames, and hinged. at its upper side to swlng inward and. upward for the purpose specified. v

ISAAC L. OSBORNE.

Witnesses 5. BABE, W. B. DAesis'r'r.

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