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OwnerTheresa Harperinventor
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A pair of foot-contacting components are magnetically coupled on both sides of the bottom frame of a corner of a sliding screen door. The magnetic coupling holds the components to one another about the frame and near to the door's lower corner. The components have foot or toe contact surfaces so that either component can be contacted by a foot or toe in such a manner that lateral movement of the user's foot or toe against the component will slide the door open or closed in its trackway. The components are shaped to facilitate contact with the user's toe/foot and are easy to put onto the door and selectively removed. The magnets are molded into components (preferably made of silicone, rubber, hard plastic, etc.) and can be quickly placed onto the door and removed.
A pair of components for a sliding door each component containing and comprising a magnet which, when each of the components are assembled on opposed sides of a bottom frame near a corner of the sliding door, attract and magnetically hold to one another through the sliding door, each component having a pair of opposed, laterally directed, foot-contacting surfaces to facilitate the lateral sliding of the door in a direction of a user's foot movement, so as to selectively open or close the sliding door, each of the components comprises a flat back, a pair of upwardly and inwardly sloped side walls, inwardly curved side walls, and a central depression in the curved side walls, and wherein each of the magnets is embedded in the respective component.
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