US 11,746,589 B1
Apparatus having frame separate from gate
Mark A. Flannery, Longboat Key, FL (US); Brian M. McMahon, Palatine, IL (US); and Caleb Summers, Minneapolis, MN (US)
Assigned to Regalo International, LLC, Longboat Key, FL (US)
Filed by Regalo International, LLC, Longboat Key, FL (US)
Filed on Sep. 3, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/467,138.
Application 17/467,138 is a continuation of application No. 16/734,370, filed on Jan. 5, 2020, granted, now 11,111,719.
Application 16/734,370 is a continuation of application No. 15/876,087, filed on Jan. 19, 2018, granted, now 10,533,370, issued on Jan. 14, 2020.
Application 15/876,087 is a continuation of application No. 15/236,429, filed on Aug. 13, 2016, granted, now 9,874,055, issued on Jan. 23, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/293,325, filed on Feb. 9, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/206,833, filed on Aug. 18, 2015.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. E06B 7/32 (2006.01); E06B 11/02 (2006.01); E06B 3/26 (2006.01); E06B 9/04 (2006.01); E06B 9/00 (2006.01)
CPC E06B 7/32 (2013.01) [E06B 3/26 (2013.01); E06B 9/04 (2013.01); E06B 11/02 (2013.01); E06B 11/022 (2013.01); E06B 2009/002 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A barrier having a plurality of units, the barrier comprising:
a) a first end frame as a first unit, the first end frame comprising:
i) a first upper member portion, the first upper member portion being tubular and having inner and outer end sections, the first upper member portion having a first pressurizing mechanism engaged to said outer end section;
ii) a first lower member portion, the first lower member portion being tubular and having inner and outer end sections, the first lower member portion having a first axis, the first lower member portion having a second pressurizing mechanism engaged to said outer end section, wherein the first lower member portion further includes a first joint end extending inwardly along the first axis of the first lower member portion;
iii) a first standard extending between the inner end section of the first upper member portion and the inner end section of the first lower member portion, the first standard being tubular; and
iv) a first end member disposed outwardly of the first standard, the first end member extending between the first upper member and the first lower member;
b) a second end frame as a second unit, the second end frame comprising:
i) a second upper member portion, the second upper member portion being tubular and having inner and outer end sections, the second upper member portion having a third pressurizing mechanism engaged to said outer end section;
ii) a second lower member portion, the second lower member portion being tubular and having inner and outer end sections, the second lower member portion having a first axis, the second lower member portion having a fourth pressurizing mechanism engaged to said outer end section, wherein the second lower member portion further includes a second joint end extending inwardly along the first axis of the second lower member portion;
iii) a second standard extending between the inner end section of the second upper member portion and the inner end section of the second lower member portion, the second standard being tubular, wherein the second standard has a second axis that is disposed at an angle to the first axis of the second lower member portion and the first standard has a second axis that is disposed at an angle to the first axis of the first lower member portion such that the barrier is pressurizable for engagement; and
iv) a second end member disposed outwardly of the second standard, the second end member extending between the second upper member and the second lower member;
c) a gate as a third unit, the gate swingably engaged to one of the first and second end units, the gate being latchable to the other of the first and second units, the gate confronting the first and second end frames, the gate comprising a frame that comprises:
i) an upper member;
ii) a lower member;
iii) a first end member confronting the first end frame;
iv) a second end member confronting the second end frame; and
v) a set of support members extending between the upper and lower members;
d) the first lower member portion of the first end frame having one of a sleeve end and a male end;
e) the second lower member portion of the second end frame having one of a sleeve end and a male end; and
f) a lower member extension as a fourth unit, the lower member extension being tubular, the lower member extension engaged between the first joint end of the first lower member portion of the first end frame and the second joint end of the second lower member portion of the second end frame, the lower member extension having first and second ends, the first end of the lower member extension having one of a sleeve end and male end, and the second end of the lower member extension having one of a sleeve end and male end.