![]() ![]() In a gate for use in a doorway having oppositely disposed jamb members, a pair of gate 'sections hingedly connected together to fold one upon the other about a vertical axis, each of said sections comprising upp-er and lower main rail members of channel shape in cross section and upper and lower extension rail members slidably fitting in the channels defined by the main rail members, said extension rail members being exe tensible from the outer ends of the main rail members to close doorways of Various widths, a vertically extending bar rigidly and directly connecting the main upper rail member to the main lower rail member of each gate section to retain said rail members in fixed vertically spaced relation, a Series of bars connecting the upper extension rail member to the lower extension rail member of each section together, means for rigidly securing each of said extension rail members to a main rail member in selected positions thereon, and latch means for securing said gate sections in a common plane between the jamb members of the doorway.ģ. suction cups adapted to hadhere to the j amb member surfaces without damagingjthem Ģ. The cushionmembers II are preferably rubber. A pair of resilient cushion members II are Vmounted onV the outer ends respectivelyof-the gate Ysections 5 ,and '6'for engagement with the `vertically extending jamb members I2 of` the door frame or other passageway in which the gate is to be used (Figi). On the side opposite to the hinges 1, I provide a pair of latches each comprising a rigid hook member 8 pivotally connected by a 2.,', pinv 9 `to the section-,5 and',l having a free f end formed with a notchfadaptedto lreceive aolatch p in Iprojectingfrom the gate section 5. Referring to the drawing, my improved gate is composed of a pair of similar sections, indicated generally by the numerals 5 and 6 respectively, hingedly connected together by hinges 'I so that the sections may be folded to lie lat one on the other and extended in a common substantially vertical plane when in use, as indicated in full lines in Fig.
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