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US 6,269,591 B1Granted
Adjustable threshold protective cover with removable sections
OwnerDonald R. Kellyinventor
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Abstract
An adjustable threshold protector to be used during the construction of a house or building is an apparatus made of durable material covering the threshold, removably attached to the threshold and which can be adjusted in width and length by removable sections to fit a wide variety of doorway thresholds.
Claims10
An adjustable threshold protector for a doorway threshold having a main step and a door step comprising a cover having a first top section, a vertical section, a second top section, and a rear flange;
- wherein said vertical section, said second top section and said rear flange define a channel which is adapted to engage said door step;
- wherein said first top section comprises a front flange, at least one replacement flange and at least one notch;
- wherein said at least one notch is disposed between said front flange and said at least one replacement flange on a surface of said first top section which in use is adapted to face downwardly toward the main step;
- wherein said at least one notch defines a removable section of said first top section;
- wherein said removable section is separable from said first top section by bending said removable section at said at least one notch so that when said removable section is removed from said first top section, said at least one replacement flange is disposed at a distal end of said first top section;
- and
- wherein said front flange extends downward at approximately ninety degrees to said removable section and said replacement flange extends downward at approximately ninety degrees to said first top section.
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An adjustable threshold protector for a doorway threshold having a main step and a door step comprising:
- a cover having a first top section adapted for removable engagement to said main step, a vertical section, a second top section adapted for removable engagement to said door step, and a rear flange;
- wherein said first top section comprises a front flange, at least one replacement flange and at least one notch;
- wherein said at least one notch is disposed between said front flange and said at least one replacement flange on a surface of said first top section which in use is adapted to face downwardly toward the main step;
- wherein said at least one notch defines a removable section of said first top section;
- wherein said removable section is separable from said first top section by bending said removable section at said at least one notch so that when said removable section is removed from said first top section, said at least one replacement flange is disposed at a distal end of said first top section;
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- wherein said vertical section, said second top section and said rear flange define a channel adapted to engage said door step.
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An adjustable threshold protector for a doorway threshold, having a main step and a door step, comprising:
- a cover comprising:
- a first top section;
- a second top section;
- a vertical section;
- a rear flange;
- at least one first tape fixedly engaged to said second top section;
- at least one second tape fixedly engaged to said first top section;
- at least one short flange section;
- a flank section adapted to be separated by cutting;
- wherein said first top section comprises a front flange, at least one replacement flange and at least one notch;
- wherein said at least one notch is disposed between said front flange and said at least one replacement flange on a surface of said first top section which in use is adapted to face downwardly toward the main step;
- wherein said at least one notch defines a removable section of said first top section:
- wherein said removable section is separable from said first top section by bending said removable section at said at least one notch so that when said removable section is removed from said first top section, said at least one replacement flange is disposed at a distal end of said first top section;
- and
- wherein said first tape is adapted for engaging said second top section to said door step and said second tape is adapted for engaging said first top section to said main step;
- and
- wherein said vertical section, said second top section and said rear flange define a channel adapted to engage said doorstep.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.