Patent ID: 6446395
Filing Date: 2002-09-10
Classification: E06B,Y10S

Abstract:
A safety gate comprising a frame and a gate part pivotally mounted on the frame, the frame adapted to be mounted across a space between walls and defining an opening which a person can move through, the gate being arranged to close off the opening, the gate part or the frame comprising a latch engagable with a keep on the other of the gate part or the frame, the safety gate also comprising an engaging means arranged so as to engage the frame with the gate part whereby the latch can moved out of the keep and the gate part subsequently moved to disengage the gate part from the frame so that me gate part can be moved relative to the frame so as to open up the opening, andwherein the frame is adapted to be located in the opening by means of pads retained on screw threaded shanks whereby the pads can be screwed outwardly in opposite directions against opposing wall surfaces so that the frame is retained by frictional contact, an indicator provided to show when pads have been screwed out, wherein the indicator comprises a first part movable with the frame and a second part on the gate such that the relative position between the first and second parts acts as the indicator, and wherein the indicator comprises the latch and casing whereby the latch carries a mark and the casing carries a reference mark whereby movement of the frame relative to the gate causes the latch to move relative to the casing, the appropriate position of the frame being indicated by alignment of the latch mark and the casing mark.