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US 5,782,282 AGranted
Foldable door for closet
OwnerChang Than Cheninventor
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Abstract
A foldable door includes two door panels each having a rounded adjacent side. A safety member is disposed in the gap formed between the door panels and includes two curved recesses for engaging with the rounded adjacent sides of the door panels. Two couplers are secured to the safety members and each includes two shafts engaged in the door panels for pivotally coupling the door panels together and for allowing the door panels to be rotated about the shafts. The safety member may enclose the gap for preventing a user from being hurt between the door panels.
Claims3
A foldable door comprising:
- two door panels each including a rounded adjacent side and each including an upper portion and a lower portion having a hole formed in said rounded adjacent side, said door panels defining a gap between said rounded adjacent sides thereof,
- a safety member disposed in said gap defined between said rounded adjacent sides of said door panels and including two curved recesses for engaging with said rounded adjacent sides of said door panels,
- two couplers each including two shafts engaged in said holes of said door panels for pivotally coupling said door panels together and for allowing said door panels to be rotated about said shafts respectively, and
- means for securing said safety member to said couplers for allowing said safety member to enclose said gap defined between said door panels and for allowing said safety member to prevent user from being hurt between said door panels.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.