US2140239A

US2140239A - Removable door handle guard

Info

Publication number: US2140239A
Application number: US165939A
Authority: US
Inventors: Lewis Edward
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1937-09-27
Filing date: 1937-09-27
Publication date: 1938-12-13
Anticipated expiration: 1955-12-13

Description

E. LEWIS REMOVABLE DOOR HANDLE GUARD Filed Sept. 27, 1937 Patented Dec. 13, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,140,239 REMOVABLE DOOR HANDLE GUARD Edward Lewis, Chicago, Ill. Application September 27, 1937, Serial No. 165,939

1 Claim.

This invention relates to the door handles of automobiles, and more particularly to means for rendering them harmless when carried into forcible contacts with the doors or body portions of adjoining automobiles, and my main object is to provide a guard for the above purpose which is readily applicable to and quickly removable from the door handle.

A further object of the invention is to provide a guard of the above type which has sufficient flexibility to fit either the curved or straight types of automobile door handles.

Another object of the invention is to construct the novel guard in a manner to exert a grip on the door handle and so be prevented from sliding or falling off the same.

An important object of the invention is to make it in one piece and so simple as to be produced at trifling cost.

With the above objects in view and with any others that may suggest themselves from the description to follow, a better understanding of the invention may be had by reference to the accompanying drawing, in which:-

Fig. 1 is a side view in perspective of the guard detached;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the guard mounted on a curved handle; and

Fig. 3 is a similar View of the guard mounted on a straight handle.

Where automobiles are parked side-by-side, as in public garages and parking lots, it frequently happens that the opening of a door of a given car carries the handle thereof into forcible contact with the door or body of the adjoining car, causing a dent or deep mark to be made. Cushion guards have been made to fit over the door handles for the prevention of the damage mentioned, but the ones which have come to my attention are either involved or of a permanent character, making their cost so high as to discourage their purchase or manufacture. It has therefore been my intention to provide a guard 4 for this purpose which is both efficient and capable of selling at a nominal figure or be given away as a premium.

In accordance with the foregoing, specific reference to the drawing indicates the body of the o guard at I!) and in the form of a longitudinallycurved pad of gum rubber. The pad is also transversely arched, and one of its end portions is laterally enlarged to form a ring H, which is projected opposite the hollow of the pad. In order to mount the guard on the rounded secures and holds the necessary grip,

type of door handle shown in Fig. 2, it is applied at the free end of the handle with the free end of the pad first, and then with the ring slid along the handle until the pad seats over the shank or back portion thereof. Due to its curvature 5 and arched formation, the pad adjusts itself substantially to the form of the handle shank, whether the curvature thereof is more or less pronounced, and the opening in the ring is of such size as to cause the ring to exert a grip on the 10 handle when the guard is in place, so that the same will not turn or slide away from its proper position.

The guard is similarly applied in the case of the straight type of handle shown in Fig. 3, and 15 adjusts itself to the same by opening or flattening somewhat from its normal curvature.

In either application the novel guard provides a cushion of substantial thickness atthepointwhere the handle makes the injurious contact previ- 20 ously referred to, whereby to shield and protect the part contacted from being dented, scratched or marked. One advantage of the present guard is its ready adapt-ability to the popular types of door handles, through the fact that it is self- 25 adjusting to the forms thereof and holds its place by inherent tension. Another features is the simple attaching ring, which fits all handles,

and requires no adjustment or extra parts. Further, 30 the device, by having the guard portion at one side of the ring-the only place where it is needed-is easy to mount and remove, since it does not have to fit or conform to special sizes or forms of handles. Finally, the guard, by its 35 one-piece, exceedingly simple construction, may be manufactured at nominal cost, to sell at a trifling figure or even be givenaway as a premium, encouraging its adoption and prolific use as a protective appliance. 40

I claim:-

As a new article of manufacture, a guard for both the curved and straight type of handles of an automobile door, comprising a thick, arcuate strip of resilient rubber adapted to overlie a 4,5 portion of the outer surface of said handle, a longitudinally extending, shallow, handle receiving groove formed in the inner surface of said strip, an inwardly directed handle encircling resilient ring formed on said strip, said ring forming means for causing said strip to conform to the shape of both straight and curved door handles.

EDWARD LEWIS.