Patent ID: 8627603

Claim:
A residential barrier employed to keep children or pets in or out of certain areas, comprising: a) a first panel comprising a first rectangular frame and a first grid within the first rectangular frame; b) a second panel comprising a second rectangular frame and a second grid within the second rectangular frame, with the first and second panels being engaged to each other and being slideable relative to each other in parallel fashion; c) a connector connecting the first and second panels, with the connector including a base, with the base traversing each of the first and second panels, with the base being fixedly connected to the first panel and including a lip for guiding and retaining the second panel, with the connector further including a swinging clamp pivotally connected to the base and engagable to said second panel to fix said first and second panels relative to each other in a nonsliding fashion; and d) wherein the swinging clamp includes first and second ends, with the first end being pivotally connected to said base, with the second end including a roller, and with the roller engaging said second panel to fix said first and second panels relative to each other in a nonsliding fashion.