Patent ID: 7062854

Claim:
A method for assembling a gate from a plurality of members, wherein said method comprises: a) forming an assembly of said members in a configuration of said gate, to rest in a clamping fixture between a fiat stationary clamping surface and a flat moving clamping surface, wherein said damping surfaces are disposed parallel to one another and spaced apart from said assembly of said members, and wherein said assembly of said members includes an adhesive between adjacent members in said plurality of members; b) driving said flat moving clamping surface toward said flat stationary clamping surface to clamp said assembly of said members between said flat moving clamping surface and said stationary clamping surface; c) exerting a clamping force on said assembly of said members between said moving clamping surface and said stationary clamping surface during attachment of members within said plurality of members to one another while said adhesive is partly cured; d) moving said flat moving clamping surface away from said flat stationary clamping surface; and e) removing said assembly of said members from said clamping fixture.