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US 5,396,732 AGranted
Safety barrier
OwnerFinn Anderseninventor
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Abstract
A safety barrier such as, for example, children or pets, is adapted to be removable secured between two opposed supports, with the barrier including a frame structure and an openable gate. The frame structure includes a rigid lower horizontally extending beam and, at one side thereof, a vertically extending pillar. The gate is hinged to one side of the pillar and, on the other side, to a grid. The frame structure is secured between supports by expanding securing means, with the gate having a locking device expandable against one of the supports.
Claims9
A barrier comprising:
- a rigid frame having a lower horizontally extending rigid beam and a vertical pillar secured to the rigid beam;
- an openable gate hingedly secured to the rigid frame, said gate being hingedly secured to a first side of the vertical pillar;
- vertical bars disposed on a side of said vertical pillar opposite said first side and extending between the lower horizontally extending rigid beam and a beam rigidly secured at a top end of the vertical pillar;
- securing means disposed at respective opposite ends of said lower horizontally extending beam and at one end of the beam rigidly secured at the top of the vertical pillar for securing the barrier between opposed supports, said securing means is expandable to secure the barrier positioned between the opposed supports, and
- wherein the gate includes an expandable locking device adapted to be brought into abutment with one of the opposed supports when the gate is in a locked position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.