Please ID this Implement

[Brian G. NY]

Here's the bottom picture.

(P.S.- in the original picture, of the top, it has a hole which does not go through, it is 2 1/8" deep, while the piece is 2 3/8" thick there.)

Ok, becaise it has a blind hole on the top side it now looks to me more like some kind of foot for a stand meant to hold a vertical rod.....something like an IV pole but I could not find anything like that on Google.
Anyway it looks like the "toes" are meant to slide under something,

 

[KlinkSanford]

Ok, becaise it has a blind hole on the top side it now looks to me more like some kind of foot for a stand meant to hold a vertical rod.....something like an IV pole but I could not find anything like that on Google.
Anyway it looks like the "toes" are meant to slide under something,

The bottom had some green tape material that was decomposed which I washed off looking for a brand mark. One can still make out the tape marks on the bottom. It appeared to be like felt where it was not fully decomposed. So you may be on the right track.

 

[DanielW]

Seeing the hollow on the bottom, I agree with Brian above that it looks like a leg for a stand of some sort. You typically see that kind of hollow/inset with only edge-contact on any stand/leg, because if it was just flat/solid it would wobble over any small inconsistency in the floor.

Was there anything else in the barn that looked like it might have fitted into it or be lacking a foot/stand?

 

[KlinkSanford]

Was there anything else in the barn that looked like it might have fitted into it or be lacking a foot/stand?

No, there was nothing else. I moved here almost 22 years ago and found this article one day and always assumed it was something for a tractor, and placed it in the scrap metal section. I'd run into it every so often and always wonder what is this for? A few days ago, I ran into the part when I was organizing the scrap, and when my son-in-law told me about ChatGpt identifying pictures, I immediately remembered this part, a 22 year mystery, and here we are.

 

[scootergmc]

The more I look the more I think it's the world's oldest indoor putting cup. Hole for a flag, somewhat of a return, felt on the bottom.... Ha ha. Who knows.

 

[DanielW]

With that inset in the bottom and hole on top, I think we can say with reasonable certainty that it was a stand base of some sort. But exactly what it was for will be anyone's guess. The offset to the front reminds me of lab stands in chemistry. But yours is, I think, a little large for most of them. Old ones did have the 'vee' shape to allow the candle/burner to set in the middle before the post-mount Bunsen-burners became more popular. Would be easy to make a funky coat-rack of similar with it.

 

[Caryc]

The bottom had some green tape material that was decomposed which I washed off looking for a brand mark. One can still make out the tape marks on the bottom. It appeared to be like felt where it was not fully decomposed. So you may be on the right track.

If it was for an IV stand it most likely would have been made of stainless steel.

 

[Brian G. NY]

If it was for an IV stand it most likely would have been made of stainless steel.

Certainly in "modern times"!!

The lab stand looks most plausable.

 

[Rbellucci]

Can someone please tell me what this implement is called and how it is used? It is 7.5" x 16.5", and the forks are 5/8" at the back and 7/16" at the tips. See attached pictureView attachment 151309

That looks like a specialized mounting bracket or a stabilizer plate for a specific piece of equipment. Given the dimensions and the fork thickness, it was likely designed to slide over a frame or a lift arm to provide extra support for a heavy attachment.