Patent ID: 6470948
Filing Date: 2002-10-29
Classification: E06B

Abstract:
A collapsible safety gate for removably forming a barrier across an opening inside a building comprising:a portable, elongate storage housing having first and second separable housing portions; a first clamping means connected to the ends of said first housing portion for removably fixing the first housing portion in a horizontal position across said building opening; a folding curtain having first and second ends connected respectively to said first and second housing portions and movable between a collapsed state and an extended state, wherein when in the collapsed state, the first and second housing portions are disposed adjacent to each other and the curtain is disposed in a folded condition within the housing portions, and when in the expanded state, the first and second housing portions are spaced apart such that the curtain forms a barrier across the building opening; a plurality of coupling means for coupling the curtain to a first and second elongate guide track, the coupling means disposed at intervals along each of two sides of the flexible curtain; a socket means connected to each end of said first and second housing portions for receiving at least one curtain coupling means when the curtain is in its collapsed state; and the first and second elongate guide tracks removably connected to said socket means to engage said coupling means when the first and second housing portions are spaced apart, such that said coupling means are slidable along the tracks.