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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 28, 1996
Jason Macari, Cumberland, RI (US);
Brian H Ordung, Woonsocket, RI (US);
Randy L Abrams, Woonsocket, RI (US);
Safety 1st, Inc., Chestnut Hill, MA (US);
Abstract
A safety gate for use in obstructing doorways, passageways and similar openings to restrict the movement of children. The safety gate includes a panel that can be readily secured in and removed from the opening by extending and retracting a bumper mounted on an outer rail of the panel. The bumper is biased to the extended position in a first direction by a spring that is moved in a second direction transverse to the first direction. The gate can include a pair of extendable bumpers and a pair of springs that independently bias the bumpers to the extended position when moved in the transverse second direction relative to the bumpers. The spring can be a leaf spring having one end attached to a drive member, which can be moved in the first direction, and an opposite end that is slidably supported on a surface of the drive member. The panel can include a pair of panels that slide relative to each other to vary the effective width of the gate so as to correspond to the width of an opening within which the gate is to be positioned.