Screen door with child-accessible handle
OwnerSarah Roothinventor
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Abstract
A sliding screen door for facilitating access through an entryway by a child includes a frame and a screen mounted to the frame. In addition, an adult height handle having a bottom edge is mounted on the frame at a first height from a floor adjacent the door, and a child height handle is mounted on the frame at a height below the bottom edge of the adult height handle. It is also contemplated that the two handles can be combined into a single elongate handle. This ensures that a child, who cannot reach the adult height handle, has access to a door handle for opening and closing the sliding screen door.
Claims13
A screen door for facilitating access through an entryway by a child comprising:
- a frame having a bottom section;
- a screen mounted to said frame;
- at least one first handle mounted on said frame at a first height from said bottom section of said frame;
- at least one second handle separately mounted on said frame at a second height below said first handle so that the child can reach at least one of said first and second handles and at least one of open and close the screen door;
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- said at least one second handle having a second handle grip portion larger than a grip portion of said at least one first handle.
A screen door for facilitating access by a child through an entryway being adjacent a floor while alerting the child of the position of the screen door to prevent the child from running therethrough, the screen door comprising:
- a frame having a bottom section;
- a screen mounted to said frame;
- at least one first handle configured to be secured to said frame at a first height relative to said bottom section;
- at least one second handle configured to be separately secured to said frame at a height between 12 inches above said lower end and 1 inch below a bottom edge of said at least one first handle;
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- a separate air flow-through indicator attachable to said screen for providing a visual indication of the position of said screen.
A sliding screen door for facilitating access by a child through an entryway adjacent a floor, which alerts the child of the position of the screen door to prevent the child from running therethrough, the sliding screen door comprising:
- a frame having a pair of spaced vertical sections, a bottom section, and a top section, said sections being joined at corresponding corners;
- a screen mounted to said frame;
- at least one first handle mounted on said frame at a first height from said bottom section of said frame;
- at least one second handle mounted separately on said frame at a second height below said first handle so that the child can reach at least one of the first and second handles and at least one of open and close the screen door, and wherein said at least one second handle is mounted at a height between 18 inches above a bottom of the screen door and 4 inches below a bottom edge of said at least one first handle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.