Patent ID: 11952831
Assignee: CARLSON PET PRODUCTS, INC.
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E | IPC E

Claim 0:
1. A barrier for a passageway having opposing sides, the barrier comprising:
a) a barrier frame having a width extending at least partially across the passageway and configured such that the barrier frame is releasably engagable with the opposing sides, the barrier frame being within a barrier frame plane;
b) a first gate pivotally mounted to the barrier frame and disposed within the barrier frame plane when the first gate is closed, when the first gate is closed at least a first portion of the barrier frame is positioned between a first side of the first gate and one of the opposing sides of the passageway and at least a second portion of the barrier frame is positioned between a second side of the first gate and the other of the opposing sides of the passageway, the first gate having a width less than the width of the barrier frame, and the first gate having a height;
c) a second gate engaged with the first gate for closing and opening a pet opening in the first gate, the pet opening being within the barrier frame plane when the first gate is in a closed position, the second gate having a height less than the height of the first gate and the second gate having a width less than the width of the first gate, the second gate being within the barrier frame plane when the first and second gates are closed;
d) the first gate having a first gate frame;
e) the first gate frame having an uppermost transverse support member, a lowermost transverse support member, a first endmost upright support member, and a second endmost upright support member;
f) the uppermost transverse support member extending to and between the first and second endmost upright support members, the lowermost transverse support member extending to and between the first and second endmost upright support members;
g) one of the first and second endmost upright support members swinging relative to the barrier frame when the first gate is being opened or closed;
h) the first gate frame having a first internal support member extending from the uppermost transverse support member to the lowermost transverse support member, the first internal support member being disposed between the first and second endmost upright support members;
i) the first gate frame having a second internal support member extending from the uppermost transverse support member to the lowermost transverse support member, the second internal support member being disposed between the first and second endmost upright support members;
j) the first gate frame having a first depending support member depending from the uppermost transverse support member, the first depending support member being disposed between the first and second endmost upright support members;
k) the first gate frame having a second depending support member depending from the uppermost transverse support member, the second depending support member being disposed between the first and second endmost upright support members;
l) the first gate frame having an intermediate transverse support member, the intermediate transverse support member being disposed between the uppermost and lowermost transverse support members, the first and second depending support members extending from the uppermost transverse support member to the intermediate transverse support member;
m) the uppermost transverse support member, lowermost transverse support member, first endmost upright support member, second endmost upright support member, first internal support member, second internal support member, first depending support member, second depending support member, and intermediate transverse support member being one-piece, unitary, and integral;
n) the first internal support member, the first depending support member, a portion of the uppermost transverse support member, and a portion of the intermediate transverse support member defining a first area that extends from the first internal support member, the first depending support member, the portion of the uppermost transverse support member and the portion of the intermediate transverse support member and has no first gate members extending therein, the first area having a first height;
o) the first depending support member, the second depending support member, a second portion of the uppermost transverse support member, and a second portion of the intermediate transverse support member defining a second area that extends from the first depending support member, the second depending support member, the second portion of the uppermost transverse support member, and the second portion of the intermediate transverse support member and has no first gate members extending therein, the second area having a second height;
p) the second depending support member, the second internal support member, a third portion of the uppermost transverse support member, and a third portion of the intermediate transverse support member defining a third area that extends from the second depending support member, the second internal support member, the third portion of the uppermost transverse support member, and the third portion of the intermediate transverse support member and has no first gate members extending therein, the third area having a third height;
q) the pet opening being between the intermediate transverse support member and the lowermost transverse support member;
r) the pet opening being between the first and second internal support members;
s) the pet opening being below and adjacent to the first, second, and third areas; and
t) wherein the second gate includes:
i) first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth gate support members;
ii) the first gate support member being an uppermost transverse gate support member and the second gate support member being a lowermost transverse gate support member;
iii) each of the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth gate support members extending vertically from the second gate support member to the first gate support member;
iv) the fourth gate support member being between the third and fifth gate support members and the fifth gate support member being between the fourth and sixth gate support members;
v) the first, second, third, and fourth gate support members defining a fourth area that extends from the first, second, third, and fourth gate support members and has no second gate
member extending therein;
vi) the first, second, fourth, and fifth gate support members defining a fifth area that extends from the first, second, fourth, and fifth gate support members and has no second gate member
extending therein; and
vii) the first, second, fifth, and sixth gate support members defining a sixth area that extends from the first, second, fifth, and sixth gate support members and has no second gate member
extending therein;

u) wherein i) the first internal support member and the intermediate transverse support member defining a right angle and ii) the first depending support member and the intermediate transverse support member defining a right angle;
v) wherein the second depending support member and the intermediate transverse support member defining a right angle;
w) wherein the second internal support member and the intermediate transverse support member defining a right angle;
and
x) wherein the fourth, fifth, and sixth areas are open areas having no objects extending therein.