Patent ID: 8713851

Claim:
A barrier for a residential passageway, comprising: a) a right upper eyelet and a right lower eyelet, with the right upper and lower eyelets being engaged to a right base in said residential passageway; b) a left upper eyelet and a left lower eyelet, with the left upper and lower eyelets being engaged to a left base in said residential passageway that opposes the right base in said residential passageway; c) a right gate portion engaged to the right upper and lower eyelets; d) a left gate portion engaged to the left upper and lower eyelets, with the right gate portion slidingly engaged to the left gate portion such that a total length of the right and left gate portions can be slidingly increased and slidingly decreased; e) a left upper pin engaged to the left gate portion for engaging the left upper eyelet, with the left upper pin comprising a head; f) a left lower pin engaged to the left gate portion for engaging the left lower eyelet, with the left lower pin comprising a head; g) with one of the left upper pin and left lower pin comprising a stop, with said eyelet corresponding to said one of the left upper pin and left lower pin being engaged between said stop and said head corresponding to said one of the left upper pin and left lower pin; h) a right upper pin engaged to the right gate portion for engaging the right upper eyelet, with said right upper pin having a head and a free end; i) a right lower pin engaged to the right gate portion for engaging the right lower eyelet, with said right lower pin comprising a head and a free end; and j) a set of jaws swingably engaged to the right gate portion, with said set of jaws when closed confronting said upper pin of said right gate portion between said head and free end of said right upper pin, with said right upper eyelet being disposed between said head of said right upper pin and said set of jaws when said set of jaws is closed, with said set of jaws when open being disposed apart from each other by a distance greater than a width of said right upper eyelet such that said jaws can be lifted up and over said right upper eyelet, such that said right upper pin can be removed from said right upper eyelet when said jaws are opened, and such that when said jaws are opened said gate portions can be lifted up such that said right upper and lower pins can be disengaged from said right upper and lower eyelets and such that said gate portions can be swung as a whole via the left upper and lower pins of said left gate portion so as to open said barrier.