Patent ID: 11866988
Assignee: CARLSON PET PRODUCTS, INC.
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E  Y | IPC E

Claim 1:
2. A gated barrier comprising:
a) a barrier frame, the barrier frame defining a barrier plane;
b) a gate engaged to the barrier frame, the gate defining a gate plane, the gate movable vertically in the barrier plane by pressure from a hand or foot of a user, the gate swingable relative to the barrier frame such that the gate swings out of the barrier plane; and
c) a latch between the barrier frame and gate and engaged to one of the barrier frame and gate;
d) a latch receiver on one of the barrier frame and gate;
e) the latch receiver defined by a receiver first side, a receiver second side, a receiver end side, a receiver end opening, a receiver top side, and a bottom opening;
f) the receiver end opening receiving the latch, the receiver end opening being opposite of the receiver end side;
g) the receiver end side being closed;
h) the receiver first side being opposite of the receiver second side, the receiver first side having an angled face, the receiver first side being closed;
i) the receiver second side being opposite of the receiver first side, the receiver second side having an angled face, the receiver second side being closed;
j) the receiver top side being opposite of the bottom opening, the receiver top side being closed;
k) the bottom opening being opposite of the receiver top side;
l) The latch being movable through the bottom opening by said pressure when the latch and latch receiver are moved vertically relative to each other;
m) the latch having an extended position when the latch is moved through the bottom opening by said pressure and the gate being swingable after the latch has moved through the bottom opening by said pressure and while the latch is in said extended position;
n) the latch having a latch end, the latch end being receivable in the latch receiver, the latch end having a latch end side, a latch end bottom side, a latch end top side, a latch end first side and a latch end second side;
o) when the latch end is in the latch receiver, the latch end side is adjacent to the receiver end side, the latch end bottom side is adjacent to the bottom opening, the latch end top side is adjacent to the receiver top side, the latch end first side is adjacent to the receiver first side, and the latch end second side is adjacent to the receiver second side; and
p) a hinge between the gate and the barrier frame, the hinge having a vertical axis such that the gate swings on the vertical axis, with said vertical axis being parallel to an elongate portion of the barrier frame, and with the hinge permitting downward movement of the gate relative to the barrier frame such that the latch is movable through the bottom opening of the latch receiver.