rear of a vehicle for the purposes of this invention gate 10 may be either of the type permanently obstructing a passageway as long as the gate is installed along the passageway or alternatively a device intended to facilitate authorized passage in most cases passage requires merely the ability to open the gate 10 as gates are typically intended to deny passage to children and pets gates facilitating passage include those having a panel which pivots about a vertical axis those which expand to obstruct a passageway but can be compressed to create an opening or gap and those having parallel upright panels which telescope to create an opening or gap the novel improvements are equally applicable to all varieties of gates including permanent gates such as in an outdoor fence for purposes of disclosure however a temporary swinging gate will be used depicting a typical mounting method for such a gate since the novel improvements are applicable to all gate types the method of mounting is likewise immaterial to the invention and may be either temporary or permanent all gates 10 encompassed by the present invention share similar structures these structures typically include a frame such as that indicated at 12 frame 12 supports a gate panel 14 which may be solid or partially open to pass air and light gate panel 14 may be rigid and capable of self support so that a separate frame is not required alternatively panel 14 may be flexible or.