Flexible or portable closure – partition – or panel – Plural strip – slat – or panel type – Parallelogram type
Patent
1986-08-11
1987-06-02
Britts, Ramon S.
Flexible or portable closure, partition, or panel
Plural strip, slat, or panel type
Parallelogram type
160162, E06B 392
Patent
active
046695214
ABSTRACT:
A children'expandable, accordian-type gate is disclosed which includes safety features for closing off the open, upper V-shaped openings of the latticework of the gate, which latticework is comprised of a first series of slats parallel to each, and a second series of salts parallel to each other but angularly oriented differently from the first series. The upper V-shaped openings are closed off by upper extensions of the slats forming the boundaries of the V-shaped openings, which extensions project above the two, mutually-pivoted upper slat-ends from two adjacent V-shaped openings. The lower portions of the latticework of the gate may be positioned an approximate constant elevation above the floor or support above which it extends by the provision of sliding mounting brackets for the upper portions of the latticework which allow sliding movement thereof relative to the end posts, while the lower portions of the latticework are provided only with a pivot attachment that prevents such sliding movement relative to the end posts. Further, there may be provided a central leg brace or support for shoring up the center portions of the lattice-work, especially when extra-long gates are employed. Such leg brace has a first upper end pivotally connected to the upper vertex of a lower diamond-shaped opening of the lattice-work, and has a lower end that is slidingly connected to the lower vertex of the same diamond-shaped opening by the pivot pin that pivotally connects the slat-ends forming the lower vertex of the diamond-shaped opening.
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Barnes Garrison C.
Bullard Russell H.
Weber Robert C.
Benn Marvin N.
Britts Ramon S.
Gerstein Milton S.
Lieberman Cherney S.
Worldsbest Industries, Inc.
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