Protective cover
AssigneeEndura Products, Inc.
InventorsMark Fortun, Brent Van Camp
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Abstract
A cover for protection of a threshold. The cover includes a first flange. Extending from the first flange is a first portion intended to protect a sill channel or a threshold cap of the threshold. Extending from the first portion is a second portion intended to protect a sill deck of the threshold. Extending from the second portion is a second flange. The second flange has openings in the form of apertures or notches configured to allow water to drain from under the cover.
Claims20
A temporary construction cover for removable protection of a threshold having a substrate and a sill deck, comprising:
- a) a first flange;
- b) a cap protecting portion to be disposed above a sill channel, or a threshold cap, of the threshold, extending generally perpendicularly from the first flange;
- c) a sill deck protecting portion having a substantially constant downward slope extending from the threshold cap protecting portion;
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- d) a second flange extending from the sill deck protecting portion, the second flange having at least one aperture, or notch, formed through the second flange and configured to provide drainage;
- wherein, upon completion of construction, the cover is designed to be removed from the threshold to expose the sill deck below.
An entryway, comprising:
- a) a threshold having a substrate and a sill deck disposed on at least a portion of the substrate;
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- b) a temporary construction cover sized to overlap substantially all of a width of the threshold, and overlap a majority of a length of the threshold, the cover comprising:
- a. a first flange;
- b. a cap protecting portion disposed above a sill channel, or a threshold cap, of the threshold, extending generally perpendicularly from the first flange;
- c. a sill deck protecting portion having a substantially constant downward slope extending from the threshold cap protecting portion;
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- d. a second flange extending from the sill deck protecting portion, the second flange having at least one aperture, or notch, formed through the second flange and configured to allow water to drain from between the cover and the sill deck;
- wherein, upon completion of construction, the cover is designed to be removed from the threshold to expose the sill deck below.
A protective construction cover for temporarily safeguarding a threshold, the cover comprising:
- a) a first flange;
- b) a cap protecting portion to be disposed above a sill channel, or threshold cap, of the threshold, the cap protecting portion perpendicular to the first flange and extending linearly from an end of the first flange to a sill deck protecting portion;
- c) the sill deck protecting portion having a substantially constant downward slope extending directly from the cap protecting portion to a second flange, the sill deck protecting portion configured to form a clearance above a sill deck of the threshold;
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- d) the second flange extending from the sill deck protecting portion, the second flange having a shape configured to at least partially engage an exterior end of the sill deck of the threshold;
- wherein, upon completion of construction, the cover is designed to be removed from the threshold to expose the sill deck below.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.