Animal door scratch preventer
OwnerFrank Majewskiinventor
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Abstract
An elongated, heavy plastic strip substantially covering the stile of a door containing the door handle and extending in a vertical direction therefrom and removably secured to the door handle at one end and having elements to removably secure the plastic strip to the lower end of the bottom rail of the door.
Claims1
A device for preventing a domestic animal from scratching the stile of the door below the handle, comprising a relatively thick plastic elongated strip, a cord secured to the upper end of said strip forming a loop to be placed over the doorknob, and strip having a pair of spaced apertures adjacent the lower end thereof, a pair of coil springs having two ends, one end of each spring secured in one of said apertures of said strip, a right angled rigid member having a pair of leaves, one extending vertically and the other right angled, the vertical leaf being provided with a pair of spaced apertures at the upper end thereof into which the opposite ends of the springs are anchored, one in each aperture whereby the right angled leaf is placed under the bottom rail of the door to prevent dislodgement of the plastic strip.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.