Abstract: A gate assembly including a support portion and a gate portion carried by the support portion and movable with respect thereto, a gate control portion and a gate activating portion associated with the gate portion; the gate portion having one end thereof disposed adjacent to the support portion and extending outwardly therefrom, pivot mechanism connecting a lower part of the gate portion to an adjacent lower part of the support portion; the gate control portion including biasing mechanism associated with the gate portion; the gate activating portion including a power source mounted within the frame members of the support portion adjacent one end thereof, drive mechanism including translatable mechanism activatable by the power source, the translatable mechanism including a pair of transversely spaced roller assemblies slidably carried on spaced horizontal rail members, the drive mechanism also including continuous flexible loop mechanism supported adjacent the ends of each rail member, each roller assembly be

Abstract: A gate assembly including a support structure, a gate carried by the support structure and movable with respect thereto, a gate control and a gate activator associated with the gate, the support structure including a plurality of frame members, the gate having one end thereof disposed adjacent to the support structure and extending outwardly therefrom, a pivot connecting a lower part of the gate to an adjacent lower portion of the support structure, the pivot including a rotatable shaft and shaft carrier, the gate control including a biasing mechanism associated with the gate, the gate activator including a power source mounted on the support structure, drive mechanism operatively connected to the power source, the drive mechanism including translating mechanism activatable by the power source, the translating mechanism being disposed for movement in a substantially horizontal plane, an arm member having one end pivotally connected to the translating mechanism, the arm member having its opposite end pivotally

Abstract: A gate assembly including a support structure, a gate carried by the support structure and movable with respect thereto, and a gate control associated with the gate, the support structure including a plurality of frame members, the gate having one end thereof disposed adjacent to the support structure and extending outwardly therefrom, a pivot connecting a lower part of the gate to an adjacent lower portion of the support structure, a pivot including a rotatable shaft and shaft carrier, the gate control including at least one coil spring member, one end of the spring member being attached to an upper part of the gate adjacent to the support structure and the opposite end of the spring member being affixed to the support structure at a point spaced from the pivot, a fulcrum disposed adjacent the end of the spring member affixed to the support structure, the fulcrum being disposed on the side of the spring member remote from the pivot, the fulcrum including an arcuate spring-engaging section disposed in substan