Door frame protector
AssigneeFrank Novak & Sons, Inc.
InventorMARK A. PINCHOT
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Abstract
A door frame protector includes a tube having a slot which extends the entire length of the tube. The tube is preferably a wound paper tube 12-96 inches long. The tube is sufficiently resilient so that it can be opened and placed around a door jamb and then released so that the edges of the slot compressively engage the wall adjacent the door jamb. The protector can protect a new or freshly painted door jamb from damage from being hit or bumped when a building is under construction.
Claims12
A door frame protector comprising a tube which is 12-96 inches long and which has a slot extending the entire length of the tube, the tube having a first edge and a second, opposing, edge defined by the slot, the tube being sufficiently resilient such that the tube can be opened and placed around a door jamb and then released with the first edge and the second edge then compressively engaging a wall adjacent the door jamb.
A method of protecting a door jamb of a door frame, comprising the following steps:
- a) providing a tube which is 12-96 inches long and which has a slot extending the entire length of the tube, the tube having a first edge and a second, opposing, edge defined by the slot;
- b) increasing a width of the slot and placing the tube around at least a portion of the door jamb and permitting the width of the slot to decrease so that at least a portion of the door jamb is within the tube and the first and second edges of the tube compressively engage a wall adjacent the doorjamb.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.