Safety device and method
AssigneeSafehinge Limited
InventorMartin Izod
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Abstract
A safety device suitable for use with hinged doors or windows, as well as methods of installing such a device. The device comprises an elongate exclusion member that is adapted to fit within the hinge gap in an open door and acts to prevent or significantly reduce the risk of injury to a subject through entrapment of fingers of other appendages in the hinge gap present in many door and window systems. The device of the present invention is particularly suitable for retrofitting to existing door and window systems.
Claims19
A safety device for use with a closable member hingedly mounted to a second member, the device comprising an elongate exclusion member and first and second biasing members, the biasing members being adapted such that in use the biasing members urge the exclusion member into a hinge gap defined by the closable member and the second member when the closable member is in an open position, the exclusion member having a conformation such that upon closing of the closable member the exclusion member is ejected from the hinge gap against action of the biasing members, and the device adapted so that, in use, the first biasing member is non-movably fixed to the second member and extends between the exclusion member and the second member and the second biasing member is non-movably fixed to the closable member and extends between the exclusion member and the closable member, and wherein further the first and second biasing members each comprises a resilient member and at least one roll of sheet material which is extendible against action of the resilient member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.