Expandable barrier with matching panels and corner pet door

A residential barrier, comprising:

• a) a first barrier section disposed in generally a first plane;
• b) a second barrier section disposed in generally a second plane, with the first and second barrier sections engaged to each other and slideable relative to each other in said first and second planes respectively, with the first and second planes being parallel to each other;
• c) with the first barrier section including a first perimeter frame, with the first perimeter frame including a first perimeter top portion, a first perimeter inner end portion, a first perimeter outer end portion, and a first perimeter bottom portion;
• d) with the second barrier section including a second perimeter frame, with the second perimeter frame including a second perimeter top portion, a second perimeter inner end portion, a second perimeter outer end portion, and a second perimeter bottom portion;
• e) with the first perimeter outer end portion and first perimeter bottom portion of the first barrier section defining a first corner portion;
• f) a gate in the first barrier section, the gate being swingable, wherein the gate includes a gate perimeter frame that is swingable with the gate, with the gate perimeter frame including a gate perimeter top portion, a gate perimeter inner end portion, a gate perimeter outer end portion, and a gate perimeter bottom portion, and wherein the gate is immediately adjacent to the first corner portion;
• g) wherein the gate perimeter top portion is spaced from the first perimeter top portion such that the gate has a lesser height than the first barrier section;
• h) wherein the gate perimeter inner end portion is spaced from the first perimeter inner end portion such that the gate has a lesser length than the first barrier section;
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• i) wherein the gate includes gate vertical support members running between the gate perimeter top portion and the gate perimeter bottom portion, one of the gate vertical support members being a gate innermost support member, the first barrier section having a gate confronting vertical support member running between two horizontal support members of the first barrier section and confronting the gate innermost support member, the gate vertical support members and the gate confronting vertical support member being spaced equidistant from each other.

A residential barrier, comprising:

• a) a first barrier section disposed in generally a first plane;
• b) a second barrier section disposed in generally a second plane, with the first and second barrier sections engaged to each other and slideable relative to each other in said first and second planes respectively, with the first and second planes being parallel to each other;
• c) with the first barrier section including a first perimeter frame, with the first perimeter frame including a first perimeter top portion, a first perimeter inner end portion, a first perimeter outer end portion, and a first perimeter bottom portion;
• d) with the second barrier section including a second perimeter frame, with the second perimeter frame including a second perimeter top portion, a second perimeter inner end portion, a second perimeter outer end portion, and a second perimeter bottom portion;
• e) with the first perimeter outer end portion and first perimeter bottom portion of the first barrier section defining a first corner portion;
• f) a gate in the first barrier section, the gate being swingable, wherein the gate includes a gate perimeter frame that is swingable with the gate, with the gate perimeter frame including a gate perimeter top portion, a gate perimeter inner end portion, a gate perimeter outer end portion, and a gate perimeter bottom portion, and wherein the gate is immediately adjacent to the first corner portion;
• g) wherein the gate perimeter top portion is spaced from the first perimeter top portion such that the gate has a lesser height than the first barrier section;
• h) wherein the gate perimeter inner end portion is spaced from the first perimeter inner end portion such that the gate has a lesser length than the first barrier section;
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• i) wherein the gate is swingable relative to the first barrier section, wherein the gate when swingable provides a gate opening to the first barrier section to permit a pet to pass through the gate opening, wherein the first barrier section and second barrier section have an open position where the second barrier section slides adjacent to a rear of the first barrier section, and wherein the second barrier section when said first and second barrier sections are in the open position closes off no portion of the gate opening such that the gate opening is entirely free of the second barrier section, wherein the gate is swingable to each of the front and rear of the first barrier section when the first and second barriers are in the open position, and wherein the second barrier section is slideable to close off a first portion of the gate opening whereupon a second portion of the gate opening remains open.

A residential barrier, comprising:

• a) a first barrier section disposed in generally a first plane;
• b) a second barrier section disposed in generally a second plane, with the first and second barrier sections engaged to each other and slideable relative to each other in said first and second planes respectively, with the first and second planes being parallel to each other;
• c) with the first barrier section including a first perimeter frame, with the first perimeter frame including a first perimeter top portion, a first perimeter inner end portion, a first perimeter outer end portion, and a first perimeter bottom portion;
• d) with the second barrier section including a second perimeter frame, with the second perimeter frame including a second perimeter top portion, a second perimeter inner end portion, a second perimeter outer end portion, and a second perimeter bottom portion;
• e) with the first perimeter outer end portion and first perimeter bottom portion of the first barrier section defining a first corner portion;
• f) a gate in the first barrier section, the gate being swingable, wherein the gate includes a gate perimeter frame that is swingable with the gate, with the gate perimeter frame including a gate perimeter top portion, a gate perimeter inner end portion, a gate perimeter outer end portion, and a gate perimeter bottom portion, and wherein the gate is immediately adjacent to the first corner portion;
• g) wherein the gate perimeter top portion is spaced from the first perimeter top portion such that the gate has a lesser height than the first barrier section;
• h) wherein the gate perimeter inner end portion is spaced from the first perimeter inner end portion such that the gate has a lesser length than the first barrier section;
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• i) wherein the gate is swingable relative to the first barrier section, wherein the gate when swingable provides a gate opening to the first barrier section to permit a pet to pass through the gate opening, wherein the first barrier section and second barrier section have an open position where the second barrier section slides adjacent to a rear of the first barrier section, wherein the second perimeter inner end portion of the second barrier section is inwardly of the gate perimeter inner end portion such that the gate opening is free of the second barrier section, and wherein the gate is swingable to each of the front and rear of the first barrier section when the first and second barrier sections are in the open position, and wherein the second barrier section is slideable to close off a first portion of the gate opening whereupon a second portion of the gate opening remains open.