Patent ID: 7000673
Filing Date: 2006-02-21
Classification: E06B

Abstract:
1. A gate apparatus comprising a first frame, a second frame and a plurality of rails, wherein each of the first and second frames comprises a vertical post and a plurality of cross-bars, wherein the plurality of cross-bars on each of the first and second frames comprises a top cross-bar and a bottom cross-bar, wherein each rail comprises a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of each rail is pivotally connected to a cross-bar of the first frame and the second end of each rail is pivotally connected to a cross-bar of the second frame, wherein the cross-bars of the first frame increase in length from the top cross-bar to the bottom cross-bar, and the difference in length between each cross-bar and the one below it is at least equal to the width of each rail, wherein the cross-bars of the second frame increase in length from the bottom cross-bar to the top cross-bar, and the difference in length between each cross-bar and the one above it is at least equal to the width of each rail, wherein the cross-bar that is second from the top is extended by a length that is at least equal to the combined width of all of the rails beneath the one that fits into this second cross-bar.