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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 19, 1997
Roger M Floyd, West Monroe, LA (US);
Other;
Abstract
The invention disclosed herein provides a safety device for inhibiting child access to a storage space. The safety device has a length of flexible material with a first end. The device also has a material retainer for storing the flexible material and allowing the flexible material to be retractably withdrawn from the material retainer. A first connecting member is attachable to the material retainer and a second connecting member is attachable to the first end of the flexible material. The first and second connecting members are positioned in the doorway of the storage space such that opening the door of the storage space withdraws the flexible material from the material retainer and extends the flexible material across the doorway. When a small child opens a storage space door on which the invention has been installed, the length of flexible material is drawn across the doorway of the storage space. The child's view of the interior of the storage space is blocked and the child's pressing against the flexible material results in the door tending to close, thereby further discouraging the child's access to the storage space.