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US 10,094,162 B2Granted
Flood seal arrangement
AssigneeWilliam M Snape Manufacturing Services (UK) Limited
InventorMalcolm Snape
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Abstract
A flood seal arrangement, and particularly to a flood seal arrangement suitable for a low threshold door, that includes a first gasket member and a second gasket member. The first gasket member may be provided on a door leaf, while the second gasket member may be provided on a threshold. The first and the second gasket member are configurable to engage and thereby form a seal. In response to water pressure, the flood seal arrangement may be deformed and the seal may be improved.
Claims10
A flood seal arrangement, comprising:
- a first gasket member forming a first portion, an outermost protrusion, and a neighbouring protrusion adjacent to the outermost protrusion, wherein the outermost protrusion and the neighbouring protrusion extend from the first portion, and
- a second gasket member forming a second portion;
- wherein the first and the second gasket member are engageable along a closing direction to form a flood seal having a dry side, wherein the outermost protrusion is located in a recess extending into the second portion and the outermost protrusion is sized so as to deform once engaged to form the flood seal;
- wherein the first and the second gasket member are separable to break the flood seal and to remove the protrusion from the recess;
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- wherein the outermost protrusion projects away from the neighbouring protrusion and is flexible in a direction transverse the closing direction such that outermost protrusion deforms away from the dry side when the flood seal is formed.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.