Adjustable width barrier
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1. A gate, comprising:
- an expandable barrier having a first lateral end and a second lateral end, the lateral ends being on opposing sides of the expandable barrier relative to a horizontal axis; and
a locking member having a first end pivotally attached to the expandable barrier at a first location disposed on the first lateral end and a second end disposed proximal to the second lateral end being slidably coupled within a guide provided on the expandable barrier at a second location, wherein the second end is rotatable about the first location to extend the expandable barrier for horizontal movement along the horizontal axis.
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Abstract
A barrier has an expandable width barrier having opposing first and second ends. A locking arm is pivotably coupled to the expandable width barrier at the first end and slidably coupled to the expandable width barrier at the second end. The locking arm may be an adjustable-length construction. The pivoting of the locking arm causes the barrier to move between locked and unlocked states. When the locking arm is pivoted to lock the barrier, it causes the barrier to linearly expand a supplemental amount and fits the barrier to opposing sides of a passageway opening.
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31 Claims
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1. A gate, comprising:
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an expandable barrier having a first lateral end and a second lateral end, the lateral ends being on opposing sides of the expandable barrier relative to a horizontal axis; and a locking member having a first end pivotally attached to the expandable barrier at a first location disposed on the first lateral end and a second end disposed proximal to the second lateral end being slidably coupled within a guide provided on the expandable barrier at a second location, wherein the second end is rotatable about the first location to extend the expandable barrier for horizontal movement along the horizontal axis. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A gate, comprising:
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a first panel and a second panel coupled together for relative linear slidable motion therebetween; an adjustable-length locking member having a first end pivotally coupled to the first panel, and a second end having a slidable member slidably coupled to move within a track on a guide provided on to the second panel when the gate is moved between locked and unlocked states in an expanded position; wherein the gate is movable between a retracted position with the adjustable-length locking member having a first length and an expanded position with the adjustable-length locking member having the second length greater than the first length; and
wherein the gate is movable between the locked and unlocked states in the expanded position responsive to pivoting of the adjustable-length locking member about the first end, the pivoting of the adjustable-length locking member causing the first and second panels to slidably move relative to each other along a horizontal axis. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A gate, comprising:
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an expandable barrier having a first lateral end and a second lateral end, the lateral ends being on opposing sides of the expandable barrier relative to a horizontal axis; and a telescoping locking member having; a first end pivotally attached to the expandable barrier at a first location disposed on the first lateral end; and a second end slidably coupled within a guide provided on the expandable barrier at a second location disposed proximal to the second lateral end being, wherein the second end, traverses within the guide, and is rotatable about the first location and horizontally extends the expandable barrier along the horizontal axis.
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