Under door draft blocker
AssigneeShurtech Brands, LLC
InventorBrian A. Vulpitta
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Abstract
A draft blocker using flexible linear elements contained in an envelope is easily installed upon a door or window. The draft blocker comprises linear elements contained in cavities adapted to ride against the inside and outside of the door thereby sealing the gap between a door and preventing drafts. The draft blocker uses one or more envelope elements allowing insertion of the linear elements at a position other than the ends and has end straps which engage the edges of the door bottom holding the draft blocker in place.
Claims15
A draft blocker adapted for use under a door or window having a width comprising:
- a first flexible linear element having a first length;
- a second flexible linear element having a second length;
- an envelope housing;
- a first linear cavity having a first closed and a second closed end, said first linear cavity adapted to receive the first flexible linear element;
- a second linear cavity having a first closed end and a second closed end, said second linear cavity adapted to receive the second flexible linear element;
- a web interconnecting the first linear cavity and the second linear cavity in generally spaced parallel relationship;
- at least one envelope opening adapted to allow passage of the flexible linear elements into the envelope communicating with the first linear cavity and the second linear cavity, the envelope opening being not adjacent the cavity closed ends.
A draft blocker adapted for use under a window or a door, said window or door having a width comprising:
- a first flexible linear element having a first length;
- a second flexible linear element having a second length;
- a first flexible envelope element having a first linear cavity having a [first] closed end and a [second] open end, said first linear cavity adapted to receive the first flexible linear element;
- a second linear cavity having a [first] closed and a [second] open end, said second linear cavity adapted to receive the second flexible linear element;
- a web interconnecting the first linear cavity and the second linear cavity in generally spaced parallel relationship;
- a second flexible envelope element having a first linear cavity having an open end and being adapted to receive the first flexible linear element;
- a second linear cavity having an open end and being adapted to receive the second flexible linear element;
- a web interconnecting the first linear cavity and the second linear cavity;
- said second envelope element adapted to surround a portion of said first envelope element with a portion of said second envelope element first linear cavity surrounding a portion of said first envelope element first linear cavity adjacent its open end;
- a portion of said second envelope element second linear cavity surrounding a portion of said first envelope element second linear cavity adjacent its open end;
- whereby said first flexible linear element may be at least partially contained within said first envelope element first linear cavity and said second envelope element first linear cavity and said second flexible linear element may be at least partially contained within said first envelope element second linear cavity and said second envelope element second linear cavity, and,
- a fastener releasably holding said first envelope element in engagement with said second envelope element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.