Nursery gates
AssigneeBeldray Limited
InventorMark Anthony Postans
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Abstract
A nursery gate is provided with a pivoted latch. When the gate is swung to a closed position where it is co-planar with the keeper and hinge axis, the latch draw engages the keeper. At that time, a detent provided by the nose and the recess engages due to a spring movement of one of the part in the direction of the hinge axis. The gate is released for opening by a movement in the opposite direction against the spring so as to separate the nose and recess and allow the latch to pivot.
Claims6
A nursery gate assembly for restricting travel between opposing vertical surfaces, said assembly including opposing first and second vertical posts mountable between said vertical surfaces;
- a gate assembly having a gate having free end and a pivotal end, said pivotal end hingedly mounted on said first vertical post for pivotal movement of said gate from a first open position to a second closed position;
- a latch mechanism on said free end of said gate positioned for engagement with said second vertical post, said latch mechanism comprising a jaw pivotable about an axis parallel with the longitudinal axis of said second vertical post from an open unlatched position to a closed latched position in engagement with said second vertical post;
- and having a U-shaped end engageable with said second vertical post and a recess at a opposite end thereof;
- a latch on said free end of said gate, said latch having a nose projecting therefrom engageable with said recess for retaining said jaw in said latched position;
- said nose being disengaged from said recess for placing said jaw in said open position upon displacement of said latch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.