Claims
- 1. In combination, a barricade and a sectional door, said barricade shielding the gap between a lower edge of an upper door section of said sectional door and the upper edge of a lower door section of said sectional door, said lower edge and said upper edge having a first tongue and groove profile, said barricade comprising:
- a strip of sheet material having a length generally corresponding to the width of said sectional door, said strip of sheet material being formed into an L-shaped configuration along said length, said L-shaped configuration providing said strip of sheet material with a vertical leg portion and a horizontal foot portion;
- a second tongue and groove profile in said foot portion, said second tongue and groove profile being configured to match said first tongue and groove profile; and
- mounting means for mounting said foot portion to said upper edge of the lower door section, said foot portion thereby supporting said vertical leg portion between said upper edge of said lower door section and said lower edge of said upper door section.
- 2. The barricade defined in claim 1 wherein said strip of sheet material includes a predetermined degree of resiliency in said strip of sheet material to preclude injury to fingers inserted between said vertical leg portion and the underlying upper door section.
- 3. The barricade defined in claim 1 wherein said vertical leg portion includes a preselected vertical distance to preclude fingers from being inserted behind said vertical leg portion into the gap between the upper edge of the lower door section and the lower edge of the upper door section.
- 4. The barricade defined in claim 3 wherein said vertical leg portion includes a closure formed in said vertical leg portion, said closure being formed as a planar strip along said vertical leg portion and angularly offset toward the upper door section, the upper door section including a channel for receiving said closure.
- 5. The barricade defined in claim 1 wherein said vertical leg portion terminates upwardly in a hem to eliminate any sharp edge along said vertical leg portion.
- 6. The barricade defined in claim 1 wherein said mounting means comprises an adhesive means for adhesively securing said horizontal foot portion to the upper edge of the lower door section.
- 7. The barricade defined in claim 1 wherein said sheet material comprises a predetermined degree of resiliency to preclude injury to fingers placed between said vertical leg and the sectional door.
- 8. The barricade defined in claim 1 wherein said vertical leg includes a predetermined height selectively predetermined to preclude fingers from being inserted between upper door section and the lower door section.
- 9. The barricade defined in claim 8 wherein said predetermined height includes a closure formed as a planar element on said vertical leg, said planar element being angularly offset from said vertical leg toward the sectional door.
- 10. The barricade defined in claim 9 wherein the sectional door includes a channel for receiving said closure.
- 11. The barricade defined in claim 9 wherein said closure terminates in a hem to preclude said closure from cutting fingers placed behind said closure.
- 12. The barricade defined in claim 1 wherein said horizontal foot is selectively formed with a tongue and groove profile.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation-in-part of my application Ser. No. 08/401,562 filed Mar. 9, 1995 for SHIELD APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SECTIONAL DOOR HINGE, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,630,459.
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Continuation in Parts (1)
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