Edge guard and end cap system for a fire door assembly
AssigneeCrown Fire Door Products, Inc.
InventorCourtney Noble
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Abstract
An edge guard system for use with a fire door assembly to installed on a fire door is disclosed. The edge guard system includes a U-shaped channel edge guard that is sized and configured to fit over and to be secured to at least on edge of a fire door. The edge guard includes a first part of a fastener assembly to fasten an end cap to at least one end of the edge guard. The edge guard system also includes at least one end cap sized and configured to fit and be fastened to one end of the edge guard. The end cap includes a second part of the fastener assembly.
Claims11
An edge guard system to be installed on a fire door, the edge guard system comprising:
- a U-shaped channel that is sized and configured to securely fit over at least one edge of the fire door, the U-shaped channel including a first part of a fastener assembly to fasten at least one end cap to at least one end of the U-shaped channel, the first part of the fastener assembly including the at least one L-shaped slot in each vertical opposing side of the U-shaped channel that is sized to be substantially the same as or greater than a largest diameter of a second part of the fastener assembly;
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- the at least one end cap sized to have a dimension that extends from a bottom of the U-shaped channel to a top of the U-shaped channel and configured to fit and be fastened to the at least one end of the U-shaped channel, the at least one end cap including the second part of the fastener assembly;
- wherein the first part of the fastener assembly and the second part of the fastener assembly are configured so that the at least one end cap can be securely attached to the at least one end of the U-shaped channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.