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AssigneeCarlson Pet Products, Inc.
InventorsMark A. Flannery, Brian M. McMahon, Caleb Summers, Brian G. Linehan
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The present latch apparatus includes a swinging piece having first and second independent latches or sliders sliding in first and second slots. The first and second sliders slide independently of each other. The first and second sliders engage an undersurface of an extension of a first object such as a gate. If either the first or second slider is engaged on the undersurface, the swinging piece is locked and is not swingable such that the first object such as the gate cannot itself swing away from a second object such as a barrier section. Only when each of the first and second sliders has been slid beyond the undersurface can the swinging piece swing to permit the first object such as the gate to be released and thus swingable itself relative to the second object such as the barrier section.
A method for engaging a gate to a first barrier section in a gated barrier, the gate and the first barrier section engagable to each other by a latch apparatus, the latch apparatus including a swinging piece, the swinging piece pivotally engaged to one of the gate and the first barrier section, the latch apparatus including a keeper, the keeper being on the other of the gate and the first barrier section, the swinging piece releasably engaged to the keeper, the swinging piece having an open position where the swinging piece is disengaged from the keeper to permit the gate to be swung open, the swinging piece having a closed position where the swinging piece is engaged to the keeper to keep the gate from being swung, one of the gate and the first barrier section including a support member, the swinging piece being swingably engaged to the support member, the support member including an extension having an upper oblique surface and a lower oblique surface, the upper and lower oblique surfaces forming a tip, the swinging piece having a slot and a slider slideable in the slot, the slider having a slider portion, wherein the method comprises the steps of:
A method for disengaging a gate from a first barrier section in a gated barrier, the gate and the first barrier section engagable to each other by a latch apparatus, the latch apparatus including a swinging piece, the swinging piece pivotally engaged to one of the gate and the first barrier section, the latch apparatus including a keeper, the keeper being on the other of the gate and the first barrier section, the swinging piece releasably engaged to the keeper, the swinging piece having an open position where the swinging piece is disengaged from the keeper to permit the gate to be swung open, the swinging piece having a closed position where the swinging piece is engaged to the keeper to keep the gate from being swung, one of the gate and the first barrier section including a support member, the swinging piece being swingably engaged to the support member, the support member including an extension having an upper oblique surface and a lower oblique surface, the upper and lower oblique surfaces forming a tip, the swinging piece having a slot and a slider slideable in the slot, the slider having a slider portion, wherein the method comprises the steps of:
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