Patent ID: 8627602

Claim:
A gate assembly for positioning in an opening through which selective access is required in use, said gate assembly including two or more gate panels movably mounted to each other via movement means including an elongated slot or channel to allow adjustment of an overall width of the gate assembly to allow fitting of said gate assembly in said opening in use, the movement means comprising: protruding means provided on at least one of said gate panels which are slidably mounted in the slot or channel provided on the other of said gate panels; and at least two spaced apart location means are associated with said slot or channel that receive said protruding means, thereby providing at least two pre-defined width positions for said gate panels, wherein the location means is in a form of a recess defined in a surface of a wall of the slot or channel, the recess having a rear wall with one or more ramps or angled side walls diverging outwardly therefrom, the outer edges of the ramps or angled side walls defining an opening of the recess, and wherein the protruding means is biased to slidably move in contact with, and over, the walls of the location means as the gate panels slide relative to each other.