Patent ID: 9458668
Filing Date: 2016-10-04
CPC Classification: E06B

Claim Text:
1. A passageway barrier for a passageway, with the passageway having opposing sides, with the passageway barrier comprising: a) a barrier frame having a width sufficient to extend across the passageway to each of the opposing sides, the barrier frame adaptable to releaseably engage the opposing sides such that the barrier frame is removable from the opposing sides of the passageway and, when removed, can releaseably engage opposing sides of another passageway; b) a first gate pivotally mounted to the barrier frame, the first gate having a width less than the width of the barrier frame, the first gate having a height; c) a second gate pivotally mounted to the first gate, 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 having a second gate perimeter; d) wherein the first gate comprises a first gate frame that includes a second gate framing perimeter immediately about the second gate perimeter when the second gate is closed, the first gate frame and said second gate framing perimeter comprising a one-piece, unitary and integral element that is nonrotatably fixed to said first gate; e) wherein said first gate frame includes an uppermost horizontal support member, wherein said second gate framing perimeter includes an uppermost horizontal support member, said uppermost horizontal support members being vertically spaced apart from each other; and f) wherein said first gate includes a first face and a second face, said second gate being swingable away from either of the first and second faces when said second gate is closed.