Patent Application
20080263962
(a) Technical Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a protection device and more particularly, to a door gap guard, which eliminates painful finger trapping accidents on the hinge side of a door.
(b)Description of the Prior Art
When a door in the open position,a gap is created on the hinge side of the door. A finger crudh accident may occur at this time if a child inserts the fingers into the gap between the door panel and the doorframe. According statistics from every local firefighting department, many children seriously crush their fingers in doors every year. Therefore, a gap between the doorframe and the door panel has to be shielded to prevent finger crush accidents.To avoid finger crush accidents in doors, the door gap must be shielded.
The primary purpose of the present invention is to provide a door gap guard,which covers the gap between the doorframe and the door panel, avoiding finger crush accidents. According to one aspect of the present invention, the door gap guard is made of a resilient material,comprising an elongated center portion,a longitudinal strip of mounting portion connected to one side of the elongated motion portion connected to an opposite side of the elongated center portion with the free end disposed in contact with the door panel to cover the gap between the doorframe and a door panel and to avoid finger crush accidents.
According to another aspect of the present invention, the elongated center portion is formed of a torsional spring.
According to still another aspect of the present invention, the door gap guard further comprises a rod-like free end portion longitudinally connected to one side of the narrow elongated motion portion elongated center portion. According to still another aspect of the present invention, the door gap guard further comprises a curved portion longitudinally connected between the narrow elongated motion portion and the rod-like free end portion.
According to still another aspect of the present invention, the narrow elongated motion portion has a transverse width greater that the longitudinal strip of mourning portion.
The foregoing object and summary provide only a brief introduction to the present invention. To fully appreciate these and other objects of the present invention as well as the invention itself, all of which will become apparent to those skilled in the art, the following detailed description of the invention and the claim should be read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Throughout the specification and drawings identical reference numerals refer to identical or similar parts.
Many othe radvantages and features of the present invention will become manifest to those versed in the art upon making reference to the detailed description and the accompanying sheets of drawings in which a preferred structural embodiment incorporating the principles of the present invention is shown by way of illustrative example.
The following descriptions are of exemplary embodiments only,and are not intended to limit the scope,applicability or configuration of the invention in any way. Rather,the following description provides a convenient illustration for implementing exemplary embodiments of the invention. various changes to the described embodiments may be made in the function and arranegment of the elements described without departing from the scope of the invention as set forth in the appended claims.
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Referring to FIGS. 5-8,when the door panel 3 is turned to the 90o angle position (see FIGS.5 and 6),the rod-like free end portion 131 is moved from the inner lateral side edge of the door panel 3 to the outer side of the door panel 3 and kept in close contact with the outer surface of the door panel 3, covering the gap A between the doorframe 2 and the door panel 3; when the door panel 3 is turned to the fully close position (see FIGS.7 and 8),the flat motion portion 13 is forced to deform by the pressure from the door panel 3 to reserve spring power that will force the rod-like free end portion 131 toward and into contact with the door panel 3 when the door panel 3 is opened again.
A prototype of door gap guard has been contructed with the features of
Although particular embodiments of the invention have been described in detail for purposes of illustration,various modifications and enhancements may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Accordingly, the invention is not to be limited except as by the appended claims.
It will be understood that each of the elements described above,or two or more together may also find a useful application in other types of methods differing from the type described above.
While certain novel features of this invention have been shown and described and are pointed out in the annexed claim, it is not intended to be limited to the details above, since it will be understood that various omissions, modifications,substitutions and changes in the forms and details of the device illustrated and in its operation can be made by those skilled in the art without departing in any way from the spirit of the present invention.
