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Old 05-13-2021, 02:03 AM   #9 (permalink)
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Pic was added in 2014!

The top two bars are connected in torsion. This would keep the skirt from rocking from any play in the hinges. Instead of the bottom swinging out the whole thing lifts. You want the clearance at the center, not the bottom; and gravity would help close it.
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