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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2022
Regalo International, Llc, Burnsville, MN (US);
Shannon R. Bickel, Lakeville, MN (US);
Michael P. Lane, Chaska, MN (US);
Regalo International, LLC, Burnsville, MN (US);
Abstract
A manually pullable out and automatically retractable flexible barrier apparatus for engagement between first and second surfaces having a base that includes a foot, a head, and a spool portion between the foot and the head that spools in and spools out the flexible barrier. A coil spring is wound about a nonrotatable support tube in the spool, is fixed to the top of the nonrotatable support tube, and is further fixed to a lower cap in the spool that rotates with the spool. An upper cap in the spool, rotating with the spool, is lockable and unlockable to a rotating control knob in the head.