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US 2012/0235101 A1Published application
Barrier with panels sliding parallel
AssigneeCarlson Pet Products, Inc.
InventorsMark A. Flannery, Porter R. Million
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Abstract
A barrier employed to keep children and/or pets in or out of certain areas in the house. The barrier includes four panels. Two main panels slide parallel to each other to lengthen or shorten the barrier as a whole. Two side panels stabilize the main panels and extend to the front and rear faces of the main panels to provide a self-supporting in-house barrier. Each of the panels includes a wooden frame. The wood lends less weight, less sharp edges, and more pleasing aesthetics than, for example, a metal gate. Legs are connected to the side panels to further stabilize the side panels and main panels.
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An in-house residential barrier employed to keep children or pets in or out of certain areas in the house, comprising:
- a) a first panel comprising a first rectangular wood frame and a first metal grid within the first rectangular wood frame, with the first panel being disposed in a first plane;
- b) a second panel comprising a second rectangular wood frame and a second metal grid within the second rectangular wood frame, with the second panel being disposed in a second plane, with the first and second panels being engaged to each other and being slideable relative to each other in parallel fashion;
- c) a third panel comprising a third rectangular wood frame and a third metal grid within the third rectangular frame, with the third panel being engaged to the first panel at a right angle;
- d) a fourth panel comprising a fourth rectangular wood frame and a fourth metal grid within the fourth rectangular wood frame, with the fourth panel being engaged to the second panel at a right angle;
- e) with each of the first, second, third and fourth panels having a top horizontal frame member and a bottom horizontal frame member, with the top and horizontal frame members having the same height (distance from horizontal edge to horizontal edge) and the same thickness (distance from vertical face to vertical face);
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- f) first and second legs, with the first and second legs engaged to the third and fourth panels, respectively, with each of the legs having the same height (distance from horizontal edge to horizontal edge) and the same thickness (distance from vertical face to vertical face) as the top and bottom horizontal frame members of the first, second, third and fourth panels, with each of the legs being formed of the same material as the top and bottom horizontal frame members of the first, second, third and fourth panels, with each of the legs having an end, with each of the bottom horizontal frame members of the third and fourth panels having an end, with the end of the first leg confronting the end of the bottom horizontal frame member of the third panel, and with the end of the second leg confronting the end of the bottom horizontal frame member of the fourth panel.
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An in-house residential barrier employed to keep children or pets in or out of certain areas in the house, comprising:
- a) a first panel comprising a first rectangular wood frame and a first metal grid within the first rectangular wood frame, with the first panel being disposed in a first plane;
- b) a second panel comprising a second rectangular wood frame and a second metal grid within the second rectangular wood frame, with the second panel being disposed in a second plane, with the first and second panels being engaged to each other and being slideable relative to each other in parallel fashion;
- c) a third panel comprising a third rectangular wood frame and a third metal grid within the third rectangular frame, with the third panel being engaged to the first panel at a right angle, with the third panel including a bottom horizontally extending frame member;
- d) a fourth panel comprising a fourth rectangular wood frame and a fourth metal grid within the fourth rectangular wood frame, with the fourth panel being engaged to the second panel at a right angle, with the fourth panel including a bottom horizontally extending frame member;
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- e) first and second legs, with each of the first and second legs, with the first leg being engaged to and being greater in length than the bottom horizontally extending frame member of the third panel, and with the second leg being engaged to and being greater in length than the bottom horizontally extending frame member of the fourth panel.
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An in-house residential barrier employed to keep children or pets in or out of certain areas in the house, comprising:
- a) a first panel comprising a first rectangular wood frame and a first metal grid within the first rectangular wood frame, with the first panel being disposed in a first plane;
- b) a second panel comprising a second rectangular wood frame and a second metal grid within the second rectangular wood frame, with the second panel being disposed in a second plane, with the first and second panels being engaged to each other and being slideable relative to each other in parallel fashion;
- c) a third panel comprising a third wood frame and a third metal grid within the third frame, with the third panel being engaged to the first panel at a right angle, with the third wood frame comprising a top horizontal frame member and two side third vertical frame members depending from the top horizontal frame member, with each of the third vertical frame members having a bottom end;
- d) a fourth panel comprising a fourth wood frame and a fourth metal grid within the fourth wood frame, with the fourth panel being engaged to the second panel at a right angle, with the fourth wood frame comprising a top horizontal frame member and two side fourth vertical frame members depending from the top horizontal frame member, with each of the fourth vertical frame members having a bottom end;
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- e) first and second legs, with each of the legs comprising a bottom horizontally extending frame member, with the first leg being removably engaged to the bottom ends of the third vertical frame members, with the second leg being removably engaged to the bottom ends of the fourth vertical frame members, with the first leg cutting through each of the first and second planes in which the first and second panels reside, and with the second leg cutting through each of the first and second planes in which the first and second panels reside.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.