Abstract: An animal barrier for inhibiting the movement of small animals along first and second rails of one or more railroad tracks includes an animal stop having an animal stop face to be positioned between the first and second rails to inhibit the movement of the small animals along the first and second rails. The animal stop face has opposite first and second sides to be positioned adjacent the first and second rails, respectively, to inhibit the movement of the small animals between the animal stop face and the first and second rails. A support is coupled to the animal stop face and is to be secured to at least one of a railroad bed or a railroad tie to position and hold the animal stop face between the first and second rails.

Abstract: An injury mitigating stock guard includes mutually parallel linear members defining linear pockets therebetween of sufficient size to allow the passage of the hoof of an adult domesticated animal. The linear members include one or more laterally extending flanges that prevent the further passage of the hoof through the bottoms of the pockets to prevent injury.

Abstract: Various embodiments provide an apparatuses and methods for protecting surfaces (e.g., furniture) from animal contact. The surface protection apparatus may comprise a plurality of rigid or semi-rigid members extending from a base portion. The protrusions may comprise a plurality of conical members extending from the base portion or may comprise a plurality of panels extending from the base portion. A plurality of apparatuses may be secured relative to one another to provide an enlarged surface area such that large surfaces (e.g., counters) may be covered by the surface protector to prevent pets from lying on the large surfaces.

Abstract: A rodent barrier system is disclosed herein. The rodent barrier system includes a vehicle elevation platform, a perimeter ladder having a plurality of rungs, a right ramp, and a left ramp. The rodent barrier system is useful for deterring rodents from accessing a vehicle.

Abstract: Safety structure for protecting a railway line includes a fencing on supports resting on the track bed. These supports are connected to a rail of a railway line. The connection is effected by magnetic force. At their free ends, the supports have permanent magnets having a shape allowing them to engage the web of a rail. Due to the significant length of the supports, it is possible to apply a great torque to the magnets when the other end is engaged, that is to say that end which is turned away from the permanent magnets, as a result of which the magnet slides away along the web and can be detached therefrom. The magnet may consist of a number of magnets stacked on top of one another. The magnet is preferably arranged so as to be slightly displaceable with respect to the support to provide compensation for an uneven surface.

Abstract: A wildlife exclusion system for railway tracks is provided which includes an exclusion arrangement positioned to span across the railway tracks at a location along a length of the railway tracks. The exclusion arrangement extends generally perpendicular to the railway tracks and has a series of conductive elements spaced apart from each other to form an exclusion are configured to provide an electric shock to wild animals when particular conductive elements within the exclusion area are bridged thereby. Methods of installing a wildlife exclusion system and methods of discouraging wild animals from traveling along railway tracks are also provided.

Abstract: A guardrail assembly (100) for a railway track has a bracket clip (102) which is connected to a side of an upright post (48) furthest from the railway track and is adapted to support a guard rail (1 12). The bracket clip (102) has flexible jaws (104, 106) for snap-on engagement and snap-off disengagement of the rail (1 12). The assembly (100) also has spacing means (15) in the form of telescopically engaging spacer portions (123, 124) connected together by a spring clip (120). The spring clip (120) has a protruding head (126) that is adapted to pass through overlapping apertures formed in the telescopically engaging spacer portions. There is also a bracket clamp (130) which is connected to an end of the spacing means (15) and is adapted to slidably engage the upright post (48).

Abstract: The device (20, 30) for securing railway tracks, which is formed by railway sleepers (11) to which parallel rails (12) are placed, on which track running vehicles such as trains, city light rails, trams, etc., traffic. The device (20, 30) is designed to prevent animals or humans from loitering on the tracks. The device (20, 30) includes elevations (21) which stretch between the rails (12). The elevations (21) are placed permanently on or integrated into the railway sleepers (11, 20), or the elevations (21) are placed between the conductor rails (22) that are attached to the sleepers (11, 20). The elevations (21) are placed at reciprocal distances and form elevations on the tracks which make it uncomfortable for humans and animals to walk on them.

Abstract: Safety structure for protecting a construction including a rail extending along the construction, includes a fencing supported on supports resting on the track bed. These supports are connected to a rail. The connection is effected by a magnetic force. At their free ends, the supports are provided with permanent magnets having a shape such that they can be brought into engagement with a surface part of the rail. Due to the significant length of the supports, it is possible to apply a great torque to the magnets when the other end is engaged, that is to say that end which is turned away from the permanent magnets, as a result of which the magnet slides away along the web and can be detached therefrom. The magnet may include a number of magnets stacked on top of one another. The magnet may be slightly displaceable with respect to the support.

Abstract: Safety structure for protecting a railway line includes a fencing on supports resting on the track bed. These supports are connected to a rail of a railway line. The connection is effected by magnetic force. At their free ends, the supports have permanent magnets having a shape allowing them to engage the web of a rail. Due to the significant length of the supports, it is possible to apply a great torque to the magnets when the other end is engaged, that is to say that end which is turned away from the permanent magnets, as a result of which the magnet slides away along the web and can be detached therefrom. The magnet may consist of a number of magnets stacked on top of one another. The magnet is preferably arranged so as to be slightly displaceable with respect to the support to provide compensation for an uneven surface.

Abstract: An improvement in fence systems adjacent cattle gates is provided. Specifically, the fence system provides a fence post having a bumper system such that in the event that a vehicle passing the fence system hits the upright, the risk of damage to the fence system is minimized. In one form of the invention, the uprights at the end of the fence system are provided with a resilient rubber bumper attached to the upright which is preferably fabricated from discarded or used tires.

Abstract: The Texas gate includes a base frame adapted to be set into a roadway and a deck assembly secured to said base frame. The deck assembly includes a series of spaced parallel elongated deck members arranged in groups. First and second groups of said deck members are fixed to said base frame in spaced apart flanking relation to a central region of the gate assembly. At least one further group of deck members is pivotally mounted for movement from a lowered position overlying said central region and supported on said base frame in co-planar relation to said first and second groups of deck members to a raised position providing access to an area beneath said central region of the gate assembly to facilitate removal of debris and/or to provide a barrier to road traffic.

Abstract: A portable cattle guard is provided which includes an assembled rectangularly shaped base member. Contained within the confines of the base member are a pair of inclined cattle ramps movably connected along their longitudinal axis to a smaller, spring biased center ramp. The base member includes a pair of hollow vertical posts having inwardly facing guide slots cut therein. Each hollow post contains a coil spring assembly fixed to support the center ramp in normally upward attitude and depressible to a flat ramp configuration to allow vehicle passage.

Abstract: The disclosed cattle guard includes a base and grills which may easily be removed for cleaning without disturbing the adjacent roadway. The cattle guard includes side wings which are attached to the base to ease the removal of the grills. In a further aspect, the ends of the base include angled portions designed to facilitate funneling of water through the base while preventing ground erosion.

Abstract: A cattle gate has a base frame adapted to rest on a ground surface. Upright end frames are secured to the base frame at opposite ends and suspend a grid over the center of the base frame using a spring and chain suspension. The gate is a unitary structure that can be transported either using a truck or by attaching a pair of wheels and a hitch for towing purposes.

Abstract: A self retracting portable cattle guard (100) for connection between the gate posts (50, 50') in a gate opening and including a spring loaded reel mechanism (110) secured to one post (50) and provided with a flexible grid (120) having a cross bar (15) equipped with hooks (22) that are adapted to releasably engage an anchor assembly (130) attached to the other post (50'). The spring biased reel mechanism (110) will retract and rotatably store the grid (120) when the hooks (22) are disengaged from the anchor assembly (130).

Abstract: A portable pitless livestock barrier whereby vehicles or humans may easily gain access to a livestock enclosure but provides a deterrent to the unwanted passage of the livestock from such enclosure. The barrier is provided by having a horizontal main frame to be placed on the ground with a vertical frame supported and attached to each side of the main frame. Within the boundaries of the main frame are two platform grates that are connected to the main frame at the exit and entrance to the barrier but can be adjustably raised in the central area of the barrier by a spring biased lever lifting mechanism attached to each vertical frame which allows the platform grates to be forced to the ground when a vehicle passes over but when the vehicle has passed the grates regain their inclined position giving a perception of depth or poor footing to the livestock thereby providing a deterrent to their passage.

Abstract: A portable livestock barrier is disclosed which includes a rigid metal panel of open grid construction that is arranged to rest in a normal operational position that is parallel to the ground to thus form a raised grid which livestock will not cross but which can be flattened to the ground against a resilient return force when a vehicle is driven across it. The rigid metal panel is supported by a resilient suspension which permits the panel to tilt with respect to its normal operating position and to be forced flat against the ground when the weight of a vehicle is applied to it. The livestock barrier does not require a pit or special surface preparation for its installation. It may be quickly installed on any solid, relatively level surface. The unit is transportable and it can be readily moved from one location to another without disassembly.

Abstract: An electric livestock guard or gate for prohibiting the passage of livestock through a roadway opening in a fenced enclosure and which includes a base portion of interlocking segments over which a metallic grid is suspended by springs which mount each end of the grid to spaced insulators carried by the base portion.

Abstract: A continuous elongated trench is provided around a prison or military fortification. Parallel plates are provided on opposite side walls. Anti-personnel wires such as razor or barbed wire in concertina form are placed in the bottom or the trench. A light grid with large openings and weakened portions is placed over the trench and is supported on the plates. Anti-personnel explosives in the bottom of the trench and suspended within the trench beneath the grid deter crossing of the trench by persons, vehicles or objects. A covering over the grid blends the trench into the surrounding area.

Abstract: A Portable Cattle Guard is provided which includes an assembled rectangularly shaped base member. Contained within the confines of the base member are a pair of inclined spring biased cattle ramps moveably connected along their longitudinal axis to provide a slight apex when in the relaxed state. The base member includes a pair of hollow vertical posts having inwardly facing guide slots cut therein. Each hollow post contains a coiled spring fixed at its upper end to the upper section of the post. The other end of the spring is connected to an end section of a leading bar of one of the ramps which is sufficiently extended to enter each of the guide slots. When a vehicle is driven on the spring-biased ramp, the ramp is flattened so that it is substantially parallel with the ground surface. When the vehicle passes over the ramp, the extended spring returns the ramp to its normal relaxed apex forming position.

Abstract: An elongated structure is provided including a pair of opposite end transverse end members and a plurality of laterally spaced apart and longitudinally extending bar members extending between and supported atop corresponding longitudinally spaced portions of the transverse end members. Mid-length portions of the transverse end members include upwardly and outwardly inclined shank portions over which the lower ends of upwardly and outwardly inclined bridging members are telescopingly engaged and each bridging member includes a pair of upwardly convergent bracing members whose upper ends are secured to the bridging members and whose lower ends are anchored relative to the opposite ends of the corresponding transverse member.

Abstract: A cattle guard has a grid with a plurality of spaced bars lying transverse to the direction of travel across the guard. The bars are supported by a plurality of spaced beams lying beneath the bars. The grid, in turn, is supported by a base in the ground. The base comprises a pair of side members positioned transverse to the direction of travel across the guard. Each of the side members has a side wall with a box-like flange member lying normal to the side wall and extending into the base. The grid rests on the flange member when the cattle guard is assembled and retained in position with respect to the base by locking elements. A plurality of columns extend between upper and lower walls of the flange member to support the grid. The base has a pair of end walls fastened to the side members during installation to complete the construction of the base.

Abstract: A fence line is provided including a pair of spaced posts between which a fence opening is defined and wherein a cattle guard is substantially centered in the opening and spans considerably less than the width of the opening. A pair of edge upstanding panel-like wing closure members are provided at opposite sides of the opening between the posts and the adjacent sides of the cattle guard and pivot structure pivotally mounts first corresponding upstanding base edge portions of the closure members at the opposite sides of the opening for angular displacement about upstanding axes and with the closure members including second free swinging upstanding edge portions opposite the first edge portions swingable toward and away from closed positions with the second edge portions at least closely adjacent the opposite sides of the cattle guard and an upstanding plane containing the fence line opening.

Abstract: A garbage can mat which encloses a garbage can or cans and acts as a barrier for dogs to prevent them from knocking over the garbage can or cans. The mat includes modules which are snap-fastened together at their adjoining end portions to form an enclosure. Each module has a male end portion, a middle portion, and a female end portion. The male end portion has a L-shaped recess and at least two spaced pins projecting downwardly from a ledge. The middle portion has spaced rounded spikes projecting upward. The female end portion has a L-shaped recess and at least two spaced holes in a ledge. The pins of the male end portion are designed to be snap-fitted into corresponding holes in the ledge of a female end portion of an adjoining module to provide a positive connection and yet to disconnected conveniently when desired. A curved section module and a straight section module are used. The curved section module has a 90.degree. arc. For a round configuration four curved section modules are snap-fastened together.

Abstract: An animal crossing guard has a rectangular frame, bars extending across the frame at 45.degree., transverse members extending directly across the frame securing opposite frame members from spreading and supporting the bars intermediate their ends, and identical brackets bolted to the frame and overlapping each other to receive the ends of the bars mounting the bars and spacing them apart at regular intervals forming a grid.