Farm gate bearing hinge

Claim 1

A FARM GATE BEARING HINGE COMPRISING A BRACKET HAVING AN UPSTANDING WEB AND A PAIR OF FLANGES PROJECTING IN SUPERIMPOSED SPACED RELATION FROM ONE SIDE OF SAID WEB, THERE BEING A PAIR OF SPACED VERTICAL SLOTS IN SAID WEB FOR RECEIVING THE LEGS OF A HINGE STRAP AND RETAINING SAID LEGS AGAINST SPREADING WHEN RECEIVED THEREIN, A HINGE STRAP EMBODYING A PAIR OF PARALLEL LEGS AND A BIGHT EXTENDING BETWEEN AND ATTACHED TO ONE OF THE COMPLEMENTAL ENDS OF SAID LEGS, SAID HINGE STRAP BEING DISPOSED SO THAT THE BIGHT IS BETWEEN AND EXTENDS FROM THE UPPER ONE TO THE LOWER ONE OF SAID FLANGES WITH THE LEGS EXTENDING THROUGH AND OUT OF THE SLOTS IN SAID WEB AND PROJECTING BEYOND SAID WEB, THE PROJECTING PORTIONS OF SAID LEGS BEING ADAPTED TO RECEIVE AN END PORTION OF A FARM GATE THEREBETWEEN, AN UPSTANDING BEARING SLEEVE DISPOSED BETWEEN SAID FLANGES SO AS TO BE PARTIALLY EMBRACED BY THE BIGHT OF SAID HINGE STRAP AND HAVING THE UPPER END BEARING AGAINST THE UPPER ONE OF SAID FLANGES, A HINGE BOLT HAVING AN ELONGATED SHANK AND AN EXTENSION PROJECTING PERPENDICULARLY FROM ONE END THEREOF, SAID HINGE BOLT BEING POSITIONED SO THAT THE EXTENSION THEREOF EXTENDS THROUGH SAID SLEEVE WITH THE LOWER END OF THE SLEEVE ENGAGING THE SHANK THEREOF AND THE UPPER END OF THE EXTENSION PROJECTING THROUGH THE SLEEVE, THE SHANK OF SAID HING BOLT BEING ADAPTED TO BE PROJECTED THROUGH AND BE FIXEDLY SECURED TO A SUPPORTING POST, AND MEANS PROVIDED IN THE PROJECTING PORTIONS OF SAID HINGE STRAP FOR PASSAGE OF SECURING ELEMENTS THERETHROUGH WHEN AN END PORTION OF A FARM GATE HAS BEEN RECEIVED THEREBETWEEN, SAID BEARING SLEEVE BEING OPERABLE TO CARRY THE LOAD TRANSMITTED THROUGH THE UPPER ONE OF THE FLANGES OF THE BRACKET FROM A FARM GATE, WHEN SAID GATE HAS BEEN RECEIVED BETWEEN AND SECURED TO THE PROJECTING PORTIONS OF THE LEGS OF SAID HINGE STRAP, AND THE SHANK OF SAID HINGE BOLT HAS BEEN PROJECTED THROUGH AND FIXEDLY SECURED TO A SUPPORTING POST.