Safety device and method
AssigneeSafehinge Limited
InventorMartin Izod
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a safety device suitable for use with hinged doors or windows, and to door or window systems incorporating such a safety device. The invention also relates to methods of installing such a device. The device comprises an elongate exclusion member that is adapted to fit within the hinge gap in an open door and acts to prevent or significantly reduce the risk of injury to a subject through entrapment of fingers of other appendages in the hinge gap present in many door and window systems. The device of the present invention is particularly suitable for retrofitting to existing door and window systems.
Claims33
A safety device for use with a closable member hingedly mounted to a second member, the device comprising an elongate exclusion member and a biasing means, the biasing means being adapted such that in use it urges the exclusion member into a hinge gap defined by a closable member and the second member when the closable member is in an open position, the exclusion member having a conformation such that upon closing of the closable member the exclusion member is ejected from the hinge gap against the action of the biasing means.
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