Patent ID: 9540867
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: E05D,E06B

Claim:
1. A safety gate comprising: a frame having top and bottom assemblies spaced apart in a vertical direction and having opposed side assemblies spaced apart in a horizontal direction in a deployed configuration, a length of the top and bottom assemblies being extendable and retractable to adjust a width of the frame between the opposed side assemblies; a flexible barrier connected to and supported by the frame, and a one-way jack mechanism carried on each of the top and bottom assemblies, wherein the length of the top and bottom assemblies can be extended without actuating the jack mechanisms to adjust the frame to a desired width to loosely fit a space between two surfaces, and wherein the one-way jack mechanisms, when actuated, incrementally further extend the length of the top and bottom assemblies such that the frame interferingly fits between the two surfaces under compression, wherein each one-way jack mechanism has a lever to actuate the respective one-way jack mechanism, and wherein actuation of the levers extends the top and bottom assemblies in a direction of extension and neither actuation nor return of the levers retracts the top and bottom assemblies in an opposite direction of retraction.