Need design help for telescoping gate

[Wyatt Thompson, PLA]

Wow, that sounds like a killer gate. Unfortunately, I can’t help, but I do wish you luck, because if you can get it built, it will be amazing. Please post a pic when you find someone who is up to the challenge.

[Dennis J. Jarrard, PLA, CLARB]

This might be a stretch but there is a company in Corta Madera, CA called NanaWall Systems (http://www.nanawall.com). Granted what they do is more for large architectural wall systems like big banks of folding windows, but maybe they can assist you with engineering something. Maybe you can assist them in designing and patenting a design. Instead of looking at your project as a gate maybe it should be viewed as a wall system. What ever the result would love to see a picture of the final product.

[Steve Martino]

Russell, thanks for the response, i am hoping to find a gate company in LA that has experience w/ this type of gate, the gate design is sitting at the moment while we search for a company w/ this experience. if it comes down to having to invent the gate myself i will give you a call for some help. I’m nearby in Sunnyslope. this client expects the gate to do what i described even if we have to invent a new gate system.

[Steve Martino]

thanks for the reply, these doors need a top and bottom rail. they are great doors one of my recent projects used them.

[Boilerplater]

So was this the Aussie company? http://www.abc.net.au/tv/newinventors/txt/s2211221.htm

Seems like a good system.  What you’re talking about with a trolley system within a channel so the mechanics are concealed seems like the best option to me.  The leading section would pull the other leaves out or back in.  Are they saying it will not be adequately supported at the top and the section will get misaligned or bind?  I think you would also need a channel with rollers along the top rail, with some overlap between sections.

[Steve Martino]

thank you, this is not the company that i saw. i will contact these people to see if they can make a wider 3 section gate. they seem to have a different mechanism than the other gate companies. i think i will need to find an inventor to make it. thanks again.

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