Patent ID: 8584409

Claim:
A stairway barricade assembly for barricading a stairway having a pair of stairway handrails, comprising: a pair of barricade panels; a pair of barricade hinges carried by the pair of barricade panels, respectively, pivotally attaching the pair of barricade panels, respectively, to the stairway; each of the barricade panels including: an outside panel portion positioned outside the stairway handrail; an inside panel portion extending from the outside panel portion and positioned inside the stairway handrail; and a handrail slot between the outside panel portion and the inside panel portion, the handrail slot accommodating a corresponding handrail of the stairway; and the barricade panels selectively pivotal between a closed position whereby the inside panel portions block the stairway and an open position whereby the inside panel portions unblock the stairway.