Pocket gate
OwnerGeorge C. Cunninghaminventor
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Abstract
A wall mount, pet/child excluder installed within the wall (pocket) of a room, or the exterior of a wall, with an extendible gate which travels from a stored position out across a doorway. A standard, vertical wall stud is modified to accept the rear of the excluder unit. The unit is installed in the pocket and fixed to the interior studs. A front wall stud is modified to allow the excluder unit to extend out across the doorway. A second embodiment is an externally mounted excluder unit contained within its own pocket.
Claims2
A child and pet excluder unit extendible across a doorway, said unit comprising:
- a wall pocket having a rear, slotted, vertical wall stud and a front, slotted, wall stud,
- a frame mounted within said wall pocket, said frame affixed to and received in said rear, slotted, vertical wall stud and said front, slotted, wall stud,
- an extendible assembly of wooden slats pivotally pinned together, said assembly of wooden slats having a first end and a second end, said first end being fastened to said frame at said rear, slotted, vertical wall stud, said second end having a vertical post mounted on said frame and a slide pivotally attached to said wooden slats at said second end, said slide movable along said vertical post when said assembly is extended through said slotted front wall stud,
- said second end having a face trim fastened to said vertical post and having a pull tab recessed in said face trim, and
- fastening means mounted on said face trim for locking said extendible assembly to a door jamb,
- thereby effectively blocking said doorway.
A child and pet excluder unit extendible across a doorway, said unit comprising:
- an exterior wall having a cut away molding,
- a piano hinge fastened to said exterior wall,
- a self contained pocket fastened to said piano hinge on said exterior wall,
- said pocket having an interior frame, said interior frame having a first end and a second end,
- an extendible assembly of wooden slats pivotally pinned together, said assembly of wooden slats having a first end and a second end, said assembly first end being fastened to said interior frame first end, said second assembly end having a vertical post mounted on said frame and a slide pivotally attached to said wooden slats at said assembly second end, said slide movable along said vertical post when said assembly is extended through said frame second end,
- said assembly second end having a face trim fastened to said vertical post and having a pull tab recessed in said face trim, and
- fastening means mounted on said face trim for locking said extendible assembly to a doorway jamb,
- thereby effectively blocking said doorway.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.