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US 12,725,533 B1Granted
Forcible entry training door assembly
AssigneeForge Fire & Company, LLC
InventorTodd Edward Shepherd
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Abstract
A forcible entry training door assembly is disclosed herein. The forcible entry training door assembly includes a door frame; and a door pivotally coupled to the door frame, the door including a plurality of pockets formed therein for removably receiving respective sacrificial crush blocks, each of the sacrificial crush blocks configured to be crushed by a user during a forcible entry training exercise and subsequently replaced with undeformed sacrificial crush blocks for use during a subsequent forcible entry training exercise.
Claims18
A forcible entry training door assembly, comprising:
- at least one sacrificial crush block;
- at least one steel sleeve configured to receive the at least one sacrificial crush block;
- a door frame;
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- a door pivotally coupled to the door frame, the door comprising a continuous door body portion that includes a continuous front surface, a continuous rear surface oppositely disposed relative to the continuous front surface, a plurality of pockets formed in the continuous door body portion for removably receiving respective sacrificial crush blocks alone and in the at least one steel sleeve, each of the sacrificial crush blocks and the at least one steel sleeve configured to be crushed by a user during a forcible entry training exercise and subsequently replaced with undeformed sacrificial crush blocks and/or steel sleeves for use during a subsequent forcible entry training exercise, the continuous front and rear surfaces of the continuous door body portion extending from a bottom edge of the continuous door body portion to the top edge of the continuous door body portion, and the continuous front and rear surfaces of the continuous door body portion extending from a first side edge of the continuous door body portion to a second, oppositely disposed side edge of the continuous door body portion;
- wherein at least one of the plurality of pockets is formed by a notch in the second side edge of the continuous door body portion, the notch extending through the continuous door body portion from the continuous front surface of the continuous door body portion to the continuous rear surface of the continuous door body portion, the at least one of the plurality of pockets further formed by a first sidewall portion attached to the continuous front surface and a second sidewall portion attached to the continuous rear surface to form a bottom ledge, three side walls, and a top surface for directly supporting the at least one sacrificial crush block both with and without the steel sleeve in the at least one of the plurality of pockets such that the position of a portion of the at least one sacrificial crush block with and without the steel sleeve remains fixed relative to the door when crushed by a user during a forcible entry training exercise, and the at least one of the plurality of pockets being disposed below a securement member of the door or above the securement member of the door such that the at least one of the plurality of pockets is vertically spaced apart from any securement member of the door.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.