US 9,038,313 B2Granted

Safety guard or gate

AssigneeSafe @ Home, LLC

InventorJoseph A. Morrone, III

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Abstract

A safety guard or gate for placement in a frame of an opening to prevent a child or pet from passing though the opening. The present invention includes an adjustable means for adjusting the guard to fit the width of the frame, wherein the adjustable means has a first end and a second end to form an axis along which the means can be adjusted. The invention further includes an attachment means for securing the guard to the frame; and a securing means for securing the adjustable means to the attachment means. The securing means prevents the adjustable means from disengaging from the attachment means along the axis when in a locked position, and allows disengagement and reengagement of the adjustable means in direction that transects the axis when the securing means is in an unlocked position. The present invention further includes methods for using the safety guard, and systems that include elements of the safety guard.

Claims6

Dependent claims

A method for securing a safety guard or gate to a frame of an opening, wherein the method comprises:

a. adjusting a telescopic means of the safety guard or gate to fit the width of the frame, wherein the safety guard or gate comprises:
i. the telescopic means for adjusting the guard to fit the width of the frame;
ii. a first bracket comprising a first bracket base and a first bracket clip, wherein the first bracket base has a first means for securing the first bracket base to the frame, wherein the first bracket base is adapted to receive the first end of the telescopic means, and wherein the first bracket clip locks the first end of the telescopic means into place;
and
iii. a second bracket comprising a second bracket base and a second bracket clip, wherein the second bracket base has a second means for securing the second bracket base to the frame, wherein each of the first and second bracket bases has one or more openings that allow for movement of the telescopic means along two axes, wherein the movement of the telescopic means occurs within the openings and the two axes are substantially perpendicular to each other and to an axis along a length of the telescopic means, wherein the first and second bracket clips allow rearranging the telescopic means into a collapsed position without the first and second bracket clips being disconnected from the telescopic means and without the length of the telescopic means needing to be adjusted, wherein the second bracket base is adapted to receive the second end of the telescopic means, wherein each of the first and second bracket clips can engage more than one telescopic means, and wherein the second bracket clip locks the second end of the telescopic means into place;
b. locking the telescopic means;
c. engaging the first and second bracket clips to the first and second bracket bases to secure the telescopic means to the first and second bracket bases.

4 more elements

A method of removing a safety guard or gate from a frame of an opening, wherein the method comprises the steps of:

a. disengaging a first and a second bracket of the safety guard or gate, wherein the safety guard or gate comprises:
i. a telescopic means for adjusting the guard to fit the width of the frame;
ii. the first bracket comprising a first bracket base and a first bracket clip, wherein the first bracket base has a first means for securing the first bracket base to the frame, wherein the first bracket base is adapted to receive the first end of the telescopic means, and wherein the first bracket clip locks the first end of the telescopic means into place;
and
iii. the second bracket comprising a second bracket base and a second bracket clip, wherein the second bracket base has a second means for securing the second bracket base to the frame, wherein each of the first and second bracket bases has one or more openings that allow for movement of the telescopic means along two axes, wherein the movement of the telescopic means occurs within the openings and the two axes are substantially perpendicular to each other and to an axis along a length of the telescopic means, wherein the first and second bracket clips allow rearranging the telescopic means into a collapsed position without the first and second bracket clips being disconnected from the telescopic means and without the length of the telescopic means needing to be adjusted, wherein the second bracket base is adapted to receive the second end of the telescopic means, wherein each of the first and second bracket clips can engage more than one telescopic means, and wherein the second bracket clip locks the second end of the telescopic means into place;
and
b. sliding the ends of the telescopic means out from the bracket bases.

4 more elements

A method of removing a safety guard or gate from a frame of an opening after the guard or gate has been damaged, wherein the method comprises the steps of:

a. disengaging a first and a second bracket of the safety guard or gate, wherein the safety guard or gate comprises:
b. disengaging first and second brackets of the safety guard or gate, wherein the safety guard or gate comprises:
i. a telescopic means for adjusting the guard to fit the width of the frame;
ii. the first bracket comprising a first bracket base and a first bracket clip, wherein the first bracket base has a first means for securing the first bracket base to the frame, wherein the first bracket base is adapted to receive the first end of the telescopic means, and wherein the first bracket clip locks the first end of the telescopic means into place;
and
iii. the second bracket comprising a second bracket base and a second bracket clip, wherein the second bracket base has a second means for securing the second bracket base to the frame, wherein each of the first and second bracket bases has one or more openings that allow for movement of the telescopic means along two axes, wherein the movement of the telescopic means occurs within the openings and the two axes are substantially perpendicular to each other and to an axis along a length of the telescopic means, wherein the first and second bracket clips allow rearranging the telescopic means into a collapsed position without the first and second bracket clips being disconnected from the telescopic means and without the length of the telescopic means needing to be adjusted, wherein the second bracket base is adapted to receive the second end of the telescopic means, wherein each of the first and second bracket clips can engage more than one telescopic means, and wherein the second bracket clip locks the second end of the telescopic means into place;
and
c. removing the ends of the pair of telescopic means from the bracket bases;
wherein the means for locking the telescopic means does not need to be engaged.

6 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/528,767Filed 30 Oct 2014 · continuation
Priority: 7 Oct 2011
Published: US 2015/0047265 A119 Feb 2015
Granted: 26 May 2015
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification14 codes

E05C 19/003
Other devices specially designed for securing wings, e.g. with suction cups: locking bars, cross bars, security bars
E06B 9/00
Screening or protective devices for wall or similar openings, with or without
E06B 9/063
Characterised by the closing elements: bars or rods perpendicular to the closing direction
E06B 9/0653
Characterised by the relative arrangement of the closing elements in the stored position: stored side by side in the closing plane

Family

Application13/267,912Parent of this continuation · filed 7 Oct 2011
US 2015/0047265 A1Pre-grant publication · published 19 Feb 2015
US 8,898,957 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2013/0086842 A1Published application
US 9,038,313 B2This patent

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