Automobile handle guard plate
OwnerMark L. Hillinventor
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Abstract
An improved automobile handle guard plate assembly which provides added strength via a lipped brace which overlays and strengthens a security plate. The security plate and the brace are secured together with an adhesive and positioned between the exterior door handle and the automobile's door. The door handle is permitted easy access to the locking mechanism within the door via an opening in the security plate. A thief trying to enter the automobile by accessing the locking mechanism through the door, finds a security plate to prevent access and a brace on the security plate to preventing deformation of the security plate.
Claims17
An improved guard plate assembly for use on an automobile door having an exterior handle mechanism operating, through an opening in said automobile door, a locking mechanism inside the automobile door, said improved guard plate assembly comprising:
- a) a rigid guard plate having an aperture therein and having an integral first and second flange extending inwardly from opposed upper and lower edges of the aperture into the opening in said automobile door, said rigid guard plate structured to be imposed between said exterior handle mechanism and said automobile door such that attachment of said exterior handle mechanism to said door affixes said rigid guard plate therebetween, said rigid guard plate having a substantially uniform thickness;
- b) a brace member having a lip portion structured to mimic selected contours of said rigid guard plate, said lip portion having a depth less than the thickness of said rigid guard plate;
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- c) adhesion means for securing said rigid guard plate to said brace member.
An improved guard plate assembly for use on an automobile door having an exterior handle mechanism operating, through an opening in said automobile door, a locking mechanism inside the automobile door, said improved guard plate assembly comprising:
- a) a rigid guard plate having an aperture therein and having an integral first and second flange extending inwardly from opposed upper and lower edges of the aperture into the opening in said automobile door, said rigid guard plate structured to be imposed between said exterior handle mechanism and said automobile door such that attachment of said exterior handle mechanism to said door affixes said rigid guard plate therebetween, said rigid guard plate having a substantially uniform thickness;
- b) a sealant member attached to a peripheral portion of said rigid guard plate;
- c) a brace member having a lip portion structured to mimic selected contours of said rigid guard plate, the lip portion of said brace member having a depth less than the combined thickness of said substantially uniform thickness of said rigid guard plate and said sealant member;
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- d) adhesion means for securing said rigid guard plate to said brace member.
An improved guard plate assembly for use on an automobile door having an exterior handle mechanism operating a locking mechanism inside the automobile door, said improved guard plate assembly comprising:
- a) a security member structured to be imposed between said exterior handle mechanism and said automobile door such that portions of said security member provide security from unauthorized access to said locking mechanism, said security member having a substantially uniform thickness;
- b) a brace member having a lip portion having a predetermined width and which mimics selected contours of said security member;
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- c) adhesion means for securing said security member to said brace member.
An improved automobile door assembly comprising:
- a) an automobile door;
- b) a locking mechanism located interior to said automobile door;
- c) an exterior handle mechanism operating, through an opening in said automobile door, the locking mechanism inside the automobile door;
- d) a rigid guard plate having an aperture therein and having an integral first and second flange extending inwardly from opposed upper and lower edges of the aperture into the opening in said automobile door, said rigid guard plate structured to be imposed between said exterior handle mechanism and said automobile door such that attachment of said exterior handle mechanism to said door affixes said rigid guard plate therebetween, said rigid guard plate having a substantially uniform thickness;
- e) a brace member having a lip portion structured to mimic selected contours of said rigid guard plate, said lip portion having a depth less than the thickness of said rigid guard plate;
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- f) adhesion means for securing said rigid guard plate to said brace member.
An improved automobile door assembly comprising:
- a) an automobile door;
- b) a locking mechanism located interior to said automobile door;
- c) an exterior handle mechanism operating, through an opning in said automobile door, the locking mechanism inside the automobile door;
- d) a rigid guard plate having an aperture therein and having an integral first and second flange extending inwardly from opposed upper and lower edges of the aperture into the opening in said automobile door, said rigid guard plate structured to be imposed between said exterior handle mechanism and said automobile door such that attachment of said exterior handle mechanism to said door affixes said rigid guard plate therebetween, said rigid guard plate having a substantially uniform thickness;
- e) a sealant member attached to a peripheral portion of said rigid guard plate;
- f) a brace member having a lip portion structured to mimic selected contours of said rigid guard plate, the lip portion of said brace member having a depth less than the combined thickness of said substantially uniform thickness of said rigid guard plate and said sealant member;
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- g) adhesion means for securing said rigid guard plate to said brace member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.