Adjustable width barrier
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1. A gate, comprising:
- an expandable barrier having a top end, a bottom end, and a horizontal rail forming an uppermost surface of the barrier, the horizontal rail having an uppermost top horizontal edge;
a first and second vertical end post, wherein the top end of the expandable barrier is adjacent to a top end of the first vertical end post and the bottom end of the expandable barrier is adjacent to a bottom end of the first vertical end post; and
an entire handle-lock module including a locking member is located entirely above the uppermost top horizontal edge of the horizontal rail in all operating positions of the gate and biased upwardly for controlling at least one of locking and unlocking the gate.
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Abstract
A gate has an expandable barrier and a horizontal rail located at a top of the barrier. A post may be coupled to the barrier and may have a portion extending above the horizontal rail. A lock is movably coupled to the post above the rail to provide for the locking and unlocking of the gate.
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29 Claims
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1. A gate, comprising:
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an expandable barrier having a top end, a bottom end, and a horizontal rail forming an uppermost surface of the barrier, the horizontal rail having an uppermost top horizontal edge; a first and second vertical end post, wherein the top end of the expandable barrier is adjacent to a top end of the first vertical end post and the bottom end of the expandable barrier is adjacent to a bottom end of the first vertical end post; and an entire handle-lock module including a locking member is located entirely above the uppermost top horizontal edge of the horizontal rail in all operating positions of the gate and biased upwardly for controlling at least one of locking and unlocking the gate. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A gate comprising:
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an expandable barrier with a horizontal rail forming an uppermost surface of the barrier, the barrier having a top end, a bottom end, a first end and a second end; a downwardly extending docking pin disposed at the first end of the barrier; a first vertical rail provided at the first end of the barrier and a second vertical rail provided at the second end of the barrier, wherein the top end of the expandable barrier is adjacent to a top end of the first vertical rail and the bottom end of the expandable barrier is adjacent to a bottom end of the first vertical rail; and an upwardly extending locking pin included as part of a handle-lock body, the handle-lock body disposed over the horizontal rail at all operating positions of the gate, and being coaxially aligned with a center axis of the first vertical rail, the upwardly extending locking pin being located above and coaxial with the downwardly extending docking pin, wherein the locking pin is biased in a direction away from the docking pin to maintain the gate in a locked state. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A gate, comprising:
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an expandable barrier, the expandable barrier having a horizontal rail; a first and second vertical rail; and a gate-lock having a housing and a recess which receives a top end of the first vertical rail, said housing and recess being telescopically coupled to the first vertical rail for relative movement to control at least one of locking and unlocking of the gate;
wherein the gate-lock is movable between locked and unlocked positions, such that a locking member of said gate-lock moves substantially parallel relative to the first vertical rail in order to lock and unlock the gate. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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