Patent ID: 9388603
Filing Date: 2016-07-12
CPC Classification: E05B,E05C,E06B,Y10S,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. 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, the gate swingable relative to the barrier frame such that the gate swings out of the barrier plane, the gate having a gate axis on which the gate swings into and out of the barrier plane, the gate having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end adjacent to the gate axis, a direction running from the proximal end to the distal end defining a width direction; c) the gate having a gate frame with a proximal end support and a distal end support, the proximal end support being adjacent to the gate axis, the gate frame having first and second vertically extending support members between the proximal and distal end supports, the first and second vertically extending support members confronting each other and being spaced apart from each other, the first and second vertically extending support members defining a first width therebetween, the gate frame having first and second horizontally extending support members confronting each other and being spaced apart vertically from each other; d) a foot opening in the gate frame, the opening being between the first and second horizontally extending support members, the foot opening having an opening width defined by a direction running from the proximal end of the gate to the distal end of the gate, the opening being free of said first and second vertically extending support members and free of further vertical support members, the opening being free of said first and second horizontally extending support members and free of further horizontally extending support members, the opening width of the foot opening being greater than the first width defined by said first and second vertically extending support members such that a foot can be inserted into said opening and pressed down on one of said first and second horizontally extending support members to draw the gate downwardly, the opening width being less than a width between the proximal and distal ends of the gate; e) a latch engaged to the gate and being between the barrier frame and the gate, the latch having a latch end; and f) a latch receiver on the barrier frame for receiving said latch, the latch receiver having a bottomless portion such that, when the gate is drawn downwardly by said foot, the latch end is drawn downwardly through the bottomless portion to disengage the gate from the barrier frame.