US 11,913,275 B2
Foldable gate
Steve Torosian, York, ME (US); Mark Adamowicz, Sutton, MA (US); and Jason Macari, Cumberland, RI (US)
Assigned to BABY DELIGHT, INC., Cumberland, RI (US)
Filed by Baby Delight, Inc., Cumberland, RI (US)
Filed on Dec. 11, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/119,573.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/947,521, filed on Dec. 12, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0180393 A1, Jun. 17, 2021
Int. Cl. E06B 3/48 (2006.01); E06B 11/04 (2006.01)
CPC E06B 3/481 (2013.01) [E06B 11/04 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A gate device to extend across a passageway, the gate device comprising:
a plurality of frame members;
a plurality of hinged couplers to couple the frame members together to provide a gate frame and transition the gate frame from an in-use configuration wherein the frame members reside in a common plane in which the gate extends to a storage configuration, each hinged coupler of the plurality of hinged couplers having first and second body portions rotatably coupled to each other; and
wherein the hinged couplers transition the gate frame from the in-use configuration to the storage configuration based on at least a first hinged coupler of the plurality of hinged couplers having the first and second body portions being configured to rotate relative to each other about a first axis of rotation positioned outside of the common plane, and at least a second hinged coupler of the plurality of hinged couplers having the first and second body portions being configured to rotate relative to each other about a second axis of rotation intersecting the common plane and at an interior of the gate frame, the first and second axis of rotation being substantially transverse relative to each other.