Patent ID: 7743556

Claim:
A gate comprising, in combination: a fixed member; a panel movable relative to the fixed member between an open position allowing access between the fixed member and the panel to allow passage and a closed position preventing access between the fixed member and the panel to prevent passage; a linkage pivotally mounted to one of the panel and the fixed member about a latch pivot axis; and a catch pivotally mounted to the linkage about a catch pivot axis spaced from and parallel to the latch pivot axis, with the catch being movable between a latched position engaged with the other of the panel in the closed position and the fixed member to thereby prevent movement of the panel relative to the fixed member from the closed position and an unlatched position disengaged from the other of the panel and the fixed member to thereby allow movement of the panel relative to the fixed member, with the catch defining a groove for slideable receipt on the other of the panel and the fixed member, and with the catch abutting against opposite sides of the other of the panel in the closed position and the fixed member when the catch is in the latched position.