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US 6,474,021 B2Granted
Collapsible barrier
OwnerShelley M. Homeyerinventor
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Abstract
A collapsible barrier includes a collapsible frame and a flexible cover that is attached to the frame. The frame may include tubes connected by couplings and an elastic cord. When in use, the barrier may be used as a gate to prevent small children and animals from entering or exiting a room or other such space. When the tubes and couplings are disconnected, the gate folds so that it may be easily stored or transported.
Claims20
A collapsible barrier comprising:
- a collapsible frame including at least two resiliently coupled relatively rigid tubes, said tubes coupled by a relatively resilient connector such that said tubes may be selectively relatively rigidly coupled to one another and selectively relatively resiliently coupled to one another through said resilient connector when the relatively rigid coupling between said tubes is released, the first of said resiliently coupled tubes being engaged with a third relatively rigid tube such that said third tube moves telescopically within the first tube, said frame defining a rectangular partition when said two resiliently coupled tubes are relatively rigidly coupled;
- and
- a flexible cover adapted to cover said frame.
A method comprising:
- resiliently coupling at least two relatively rigid tubes through a relatively resilient connector such that said tubes may be selectively relatively rigidly coupled to one another and selectively relatively resiliently coupled to one another through said resilient connector when the relatively rigid coupling between said tubes is released,
- engaging the first of said relatively rigid tubes with a third relatively rigid tube such that said third tube moves telescopically within the first tube,
- defining a rectangular frame when said two relatively rigid tubes are relatively rigidly coupled;
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- covering said rectangular frame with a flexible cover.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.