Sliding glass door wedge
AssigneeStorm Armour, Inc.
InventorsMark Fisher, Todd Michael Glaser, Ronald Simkins, David Kreps, Werner Blumenthal
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Abstract
A rain deflector apparatus provides a declined body surface to deflect water away from a sliding glass door (or similar structure) and a one or more compliant portion in order to prevent water and debris from collecting in the track and making its way under the door. In a preferred embodiment, the rain deflector apparatus is secured to the door or door track by a one or more attachment mechanism. The attachment mechanism(s) is/are selected such that their holding force to the track or other structure is sufficient to keep the upper edge of the apparatus pressed up against the glass and the lower edge in sealed relation to the track or floor.
Claims17
A rain deflector apparatus comprising:
- a main body that is a substantially flat sheet having a front face, a back face, and a thickness defining a top edge, a bottom edge, a right edge, and a left edge;
- a bottom seal extending from the bottom edge, spanning substantially from the right edge to the left edge;
- a top sealing surface disposed adjacent to the top edge, spanning substantially from the right edge to the left edge;
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- at least one clamp attached to the main body distal to the top sealing surface, near the bottom edge.
A system for diverting rain from sliding glass panels having at least one static glass panel and at least one mobile glass panel riding within a track and defining an inside and an outside, the system comprising:
- a one or more rain deflector apparatus, each one rain deflector apparatus installed outside relative to each at least one static glass panel and each at least one mobile glass panel, each one of the rain deflector apparatus comprising:
- a main body that is a substantially flat sheet having a front face, a back face, and a thickness defining a top edge, a bottom edge, a right edge, and a left edge;
- a bottom seal extending from the bottom edge, spanning substantially from the right edge to the left edge;
- a top sealing surface disposed adjacent to the top edge, spanning substantially from the right edge to the left edge;
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- at least one clamp attached to the main body distal to the top sealing surface, near the bottom edge;
- whereby, the system is effective to substantially divert rain from traversing from the outside to the inside of the sliding glass door panels.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.