Stove safety guard

A barrier system for the top of a range along one or more sides thereof comprising for each side a barrier member, support means for the barrier member, means for detachably attaching the support means to the range, hinge means supported by the support means adjacent the top and parallel to the side to which the barrier is to be mounted, complementary hinge means at one longitudinal edge of the barrier member for rotatably receiving the hinge means supported by the support means for rotation of the barrier member about an axis parallel to the side of the range from a position perpendicular to the top to a substantially horizontal position, interengageable latch means associated with respective hinge means interengageable by rotation of the barrier member to said perpendicular position to lock the barrier member in said perpendicular position, said latch means being manually disengageable to release the barrier member to permit it to be rotated to said substantially horizontal position and means at said horizontal position of the barrier member to support it in said horizontal position.