Patent ID: 9567798
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: E06B

Claim:
1. A residential barrier, comprising: a) a first barrier section disposed in generally a first plane; b) the first barrier section including a first perimeter frame, with the first perimeter frame including a first perimeter top portion, a first perimeter inner end portion, a first perimeter outer end portion, and a first perimeter bottom portion; c) the first perimeter outer end portion and first perimeter bottom portion of the first barrier section defining a first corner portion; d) a gate in the first barrier section, the gate being swingable, wherein the gate includes a gate perimeter frame that is swingable with the gate, the gate perimeter frame including a gate perimeter top portion, a gate perimeter inner end portion, a gate perimeter outer end portion, and a gate perimeter bottom portion, and wherein the gate is immediately adjacent to the first corner portion; e) wherein the gate perimeter top portion is spaced from the first perimeter top portion such that the gate has a lesser height than the first barrier section; f) wherein the gate perimeter inner end portion is spaced from the first perimeter inner end portion such that the gate has a lesser length than the first barrier section; and g) a first junction between a first straight section of the gate perimeter top portion and a first straight section of the gate perimeter outer end portion being a right angle junction, a second junction between a second straight section of the gate perimeter top portion and a first straight section of the gate perimeter inner end portion being a right angle junction, a third junction between a second straight section of the gate perimeter inner end portion and a first straight section of the gate perimeter bottom portion being a right angle junction, and a fourth junction between a second straight section of the gate perimeter bottom portion and a second straight section of the gate outer end portion being a curved junction; h) each of the first, second and third junctions being abutment junctions where the first and second straight sections directly abut each other; and i) each of the first, second and third junctions being different in shape than the curved junction.