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US 12,624,568 B2Granted
Flexible door latch plate
OwnerMark Raykhenberginventor
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Abstract
A flexible door latch strike plate for reducing noise of a closing door includes a rectangular body having rounded corners and a rectangular center opening, one or more flaps around the center opening intended to deform around a door latching bolt assembly, one or more protrusions on the back of the body intended to prevent the door and door jamb from directly colliding and two screw hole openings to fasten to a door jamb.
Claims9
A strike plate for reducing noise of a closing door comprising:
- a single-piece body formed entirely of a thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) material, the body including a rectangular body portion having a pair of screw openings configured to fasten the strike plate to a door jamb in place of a standard metal strike plate;
- a rectangular opening;
- and one or more flaps around the rectangular opening, the one or more flaps being integrally molded with the body and configured to elastically deform into the rectangular opening to dampen noise during latch bolt engagement;
- wherein the one or more flaps comprise a catch flap and a guide ramp configured to slow descent of the latch bolt into the rectangular opening and absorb spring-loaded energy of the latch bolt.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.