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US 5,077,945 AGranted
Doorway flood barrier
OwnerErich A. Koenigerinventor
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Abstract
A doorway mounted flood barrier including a barrier wall having two opposite vertical side edges and a horizontal bottom edge, and retainer means disposed between the barrier wall and a lower portion of the doorway for holding the barrier wall sealingly in the lower portion of the doorway.
Claims3
A doorway mounted flood barrier comprising:
- a barrier wall detachably mounted in the doorway of a door and having two opposite vertical side edges and a horizontal bottom edge;
- segmented retainer means disposed between the barrier wall and a lower portion of the doorway for holding the barrier wall sealingly in the lower portion of the doorway;
- wherein the segmented retainer means includes a first seal segment sealingly disposed on the bottom edge, and second and third seal segments sealingly disposed on at least a lower portion of the two opposite side edges, respectively;
- wherein the seal segments are inflatable through separate valves;
- wherein the segmented inflatable seal segments are bonded to each other at two corners of the barrier wall so as to be straight and contiguous;
- wherein the barrier wall includes a pair of vertical stiffening ribs;
- and
- wherein the inflatable seal segments includes a medially disposed gripping member for contacting the doorway.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.