US 2009/0211716 A1 · Adjustable width stairwell child safety gate

Abstract

The adjustable width stairwell child safety gate is comprised of a frameless, non-rigid, washable, aesthetically attractive, planar barrier device to safely prevent ingress and egress of a small child into a stairway passage. The adjustable width stairwell child safety gate does not require drilling into the stairway banisters and therefore is particularly suited for forming a safety barrier from banister to banister without damaging either the structural integrity or decorative finish of ornamentally designed wooden banisters, balusters, rails or posts. The adjustable width stairwell child safety gate includes multiple strap-like fastener means for attaching frameless barrier device to stairway banisters or posts; including stairway posts having vertically varying diameters and configurations, or that are non-parallel relative to each other, or that are non-perpendicular relative to flooring surface or that are otherwise asymmetrical. The adjustable width stairwell child safety gate is extendable to securely fit, from banister to banister, across stairways of varying size, style and width.

A child safety gate comprising:

An adjustable width stairwell child safety gate comprising:
a frameless flexible gate member;
multiple pairs of fastener means;
multiple vertical structural support rods;
wherein said adjustable width child safety gate is secured to fastener means and comprised of vertical structural support rods for rigidifying the flexible gate member and lateral adjustment means to adjust the width of the flexible gate member by facilitating the engagement of longitudinal tension necessary such that flexible gate member will securely form a barrier between wooden stairway posts of varying size, style and width.
An adjustable width stairwell child safety gate of claim 1 further comprising three pairs of lateral adjustment means for facilitating the engagement of longitudinal tension.
An adjustable width stairwell child safety gate of claim 1 further comprising three vertical structural support rods for rigidifying the flexible gate member.
An adjustable width stairwell child safety gate of claim 1 further comprising a means for mounting upon an upright wooden stairway post in vertical coiled spatial orientation wherein flexible gate member can be compactly rolled and secured in assembled relation to either side of the stairway passage.
An adjustable width stairwell child safety gate of claim 1 further comprising flexible gate member preferably made or fabricated out of a durable resilient material, such as lightweight meshed netting and reinforced nylon with the attractive washable woven cloth or woven fabric used as the material for the exterior surface of the flexible gate member
An adjustable width stairwell child safety gate of claim 1 further comprising three pairs of adjustable flexible strap-like hinges extending laterally (horizontally) as a fastening means to secure the flexible gate member to stairway posts, balusters or banisters in a planar spatial orientation.
An adjustable width stairwell child safety gate of claim 1 further comprising adjustable flexible strap-like hinges that may also include fasteners with a cushioned non-slip fabric spatially oriented for assembled contact with the wooden upright stairway posts to prevent any slipping of the flexible strap-like hinges or scratching of the wooden upright stairway posts
An adjustable width stairwell child safety gate of claim 1 further comprising with three tubular sleeves, grooves, channels, or slots for receiving the three removable vertical structural support rods.
An adjustable width stairwell child safety gate of claim 1 further comprising tubular sleeves which can be manufactured, molded or formed by stitching portions of the edges of the fabric in lapped engagement with one side of the gate member to form tubular sleeves to receive the removable vertical structural support rods.
An adjustable width stairwell child safety gate of claim 1 further comprising vertical spatially oriented zipper which perpendicularly extends upward relative to the horizontal edge of the lower portion of the flexible gate member.
An adjustable width stairwell child safety gate of claim 1 further comprising vertical spatially oriented zipper that may, but is not limited to, bisectingly divide the flexible gate member into equal partitions.
An adjustable width stairwell child safety gate of claim 1 further comprising the vertical spatially oriented zipper wherein zipper will function in conjoined engagement with the flexible gate member when in a closed position to prevent ingress and egress of small children through the flexible gate member

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Adjustable width stairwell child safety gate

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Adjustable width stairwell child safety gate

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