Safety door entrance
AssigneeKawneer Company, Inc.
InventorS. Eugene Hubbard
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Abstract
A safety door entrance includes a door mounted for swinging movement on hinges connected to a door jamb and a finger protector for continuously bridging a gap formed between the door heel and adjacent jamb as the door swings open and closed. The protector prevents a person's fingers, toes or other objects from accidentally being inserted in the gap and subject to damage when the door swings closed.
Claims24
In combination, a door having opposite faces and a hinge stile element along one edge thereof, a door jamb element adjacent said hinge stile element, and hinge means interconnecting said elements for supporting said door for pivotal movement about a hinge axis parallel of said elements to swing between a closed and an open position wherein a corner edge of said door on one face thereof moves between corresponding positions closely adjacent said jamb element and spaced apart from said jamb forming a gap between said corner and jamb element,
- a finger protector secured on one of said elements to extend between facing portions thereof including a curved wall surface for continuously bridging said gap while said door swings between said open and closed positions,
- the other of said elements including a pocket for receiving said finger protector when said door is closed, and
- a pair of spaced apart weatherstrip means between said elements, one of said weatherstrip means mounted to provide a seal between said curved wall surface of said finger protector and said other element and the other of said weatherstrip means mounted to provide a seal between said elements adjacent a door face opposite from the door face adjacent said curved wall surface of said finger protector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.