Patent ID: 6347483
Filing Date: 2002-02-19
Classification: A01K,E05B,E06B

Abstract:
A child safety barrier which is positionable in an opening between two opposed supports, said barrier comprising:a frame which includes a lower horizontally-extending base member and a vertical pillar attached thereto, and a horizontal side-beam rigidly secured to a top of one side of the pillar and an end of said side beam adapted to be brought into abutment with one of the opposed supports, said frame defining an imaginary plane, an openable gate which is connected to said frame and is pivotable relative thereto between an open and a closed position, said gate including an upper rod having an expandable closing mechanism adapted to be brought into abutment with the other of the opposed supports when the gate is in a closed position, and a hinge assembly connecting said upper rod of said gate to a second side of said pillar opposite said first side, said hinge assembly including a first hinge part connected to said pillar, and a second hinge part non-rotatably connected to an end of said upper rod of the gate opposite the closing mechanism, said first and second hinge parts being interconnected by a first pivot pin, and said second hinge part defining an end surface which includes an upper flat portion abutting said second side of the pillar when said gate is in a closed position and oriented in the imaginary plane, such that the handle mechanism, the upper rod of the gate, the second hinge part, the top of the pillar and the side beam constitute a rigid entity from one of the opposed supports to the other.