Double door gate apparatus
AssigneeCarlson Pet Products, Inc.
InventorsMark A. Flannery, Brian G. Linehan, Brian M. McMahon, Caleb Summers
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Abstract
A double door gate apparatus having a frame, a main gate and a secondary gate, where the apparatus includes the unique features of a) a latch apparatus between uppermost framework members of the main gate and secondary gate, b) the latch apparatus being weighted to return to a normally closed position, c) each of the main gate and secondary gates having an inverted U-shaped piece engaging the bottommost horizontal member such that each of the main and secondary gates need to be lifted prior to being opened and prior to being closed, and d) a pair of hand wheels on a common shaft that work together to space the double door gate apparatus a desired distance from a vertical surface such as a wall.
Claims11
A latch apparatus for engaging a first object to a second object, the latch apparatus having a length direction, a width direction and a height direction, the latch apparatus comprising:
- a) a body, the body extending from the first object to the second object, the body being fixed to one of the first and second objects, the body being releasably engaged to the other of the first and second objects, the body having a first face and a second face;
- b) a swinging piece, the swinging piece being swingably engaged to the body, the swinging piece having a first end and a second end, the first end of the swinging piece being adjacent to the first face of the body, the second end of the swinging piece being adjacent to the second face of the body, the second end swinging in response to a force being applied to the first end, the first end swinging in response to a force being applied to the second end, the swinging piece having an open position and a closed position;
- c) an extension, the extension fixed to and extending from an other of the first and second objects to which the body is fixed to, the extension having first and second surfaces and a distal end, the extension being receivable in the body;
- d) the swinging piece having the open position and the closed position relative to the extension, the second end of the swinging piece being swingable to be adjacent to the first surface of the extension to place the swinging piece in the closed position such that the body cannot be disengaged from said extension when the swinging piece is in the closed position, the second end of the swinging piece being swingable beyond the distal end of the extension to place the swinging piece in the open position such that the body is disengagable from the extension to open the latch apparatus;
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- e) wherein the swinging piece surrounds the body and the extension when the swinging piece is in the closed position.
A latch apparatus for engaging a first object to a second object, the latch apparatus having a length direction, a width direction and a height direction, the latch apparatus comprising:
- a) a body, the body extending from the first object to the second object, the body being fixed to one of the first and second objects, the body being releasably engaged to the other of the first and second objects, the body having a first face and a second face;
- b) a swinging piece, the swinging piece being swingably engaged to the body, the swinging piece having a first end and a second end, the first end of the swinging piece being adjacent to the first face of the body, the second end of the swinging piece being adjacent to the second face of the body, the second end swinging in response to a force being applied to the first end, the first end swinging in response to a force being applied to the second end, the swinging piece having an open position and a closed position;
- c) an extension, the extension fixed to and extending from an other of the first and second objects to which the body is fixed to, the extension having first and second surfaces and a distal end, the extension being receivable in the body;
- d) the swinging piece having the open position and the closed position relative to the extension, the second end of the swinging piece being swingable to be adjacent to the first surface of the extension to place the swinging piece in the closed position such that the body cannot be disengaged from said extension when the swinging piece is in the closed position, the second end of the swinging piece being swingable beyond the distal end of the extension to place the swinging piece in the open position such that the body is disengagable from the extension to open the latch apparatus;
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- e) wherein the extension extends through the swinging piece when the swinging piece is in the closed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.