US2686942A

US2686942A - Door construction

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Publication number: US2686942A
Application number: US200946A
Authority: US
Inventors: Victor B Spector
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1950-12-15
Filing date: 1950-12-15
Publication date: 1954-08-24
Anticipated expiration: 1971-08-24

Description

Aug. 24, 1954 v. s. SPECTOR 2,686,942

DOOR CONSTRUCTION Filed Dec. 15, 1950 g INVEN-TOR 5 6: 74cm za f mtw ATTORNEY Patented Aug. 24, 1954 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,686,942 DOOR CONSTRUCTION Victor B. Spector, Falls Church, Va. Application December 15, 1950, Serial No. 200,946

Claims. 1

The present invention relates to a novel door construction.

More particularly the present invention relates to a door construction especially adapted for vertically pivoted heavy glass doors and designed to prevent injury therefrom.

The heavy, transparent glass door provided with pivots extending upwardly and downwardly from the upper and lower edges thereof has become increasingly popular, especially in store conupper and lower edges. The use of doors of this type has resulted in considerable danger to children especially, who may insert their fingers between the edge of the door and the jamb and upon closure thereof substantial injury may result.

It is one of the objects of the present invention, therefore, to provide a novel door construction, including a guard member inserted in the jamb of a door of the character described and extending to a substantial distance in a lateral direction from the general plane of said door when in closed position so as to prevent injury to an object interposed between the edge of the door and the jamb.

A second general object of the present invention is to provide a guard member of the character described which will be resilient in character and compressible so as to permit the insertion of a finger or other object between the door and jamb thereof and which will receive the object referred to upon door closure so as to prevent injury thereof.

A third general object of the present invention is to provide a guard member of the character described as part of a door jamb construction, which may be readily combined with the conventional jamb and the conventional tempered glass door.

Other objects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the subsequent description and figures of the drawing, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a door and jamb construction in accordance with the present invention;

Fig, 2 is a section taken generally along the line 22 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a section line 3-3 of Fig. 1;

taken generally along the Fig. 4 is a section taken generally along the line 4-4 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is a detail enlarged section of a portion of the construction shown in Fig. 2 illustrating the action of the guard member; and

Fig. 6 is a section similar to Fig. 2 but illustrating a modification of the present invention.

Referring to the figures of the drawing, and particularly Fig. 1, a tempered glass door of a conventional type is disclosed at H). The door is supported as by channel members H and I2 at its upper and lower ends, respectively. Extending downwardly from the channel member II is a pivot member l3 and extending upwardly from the channel member I2 is a pivot member M, these pivot members extending downwardly through the sill l5 and upwardly so as to support the door for swinging movement thereabout. The door construction, as shown, is provided with a jamb it which may be suitably made from sheet metal or other material.

Hi and I9 which guard member of a sheet of sponge rubber inwardly extending edge portions serve to retain therein a suitable preferably composed and indicated at 20.

As best shown in Fig. 2 the guard member 29 extends laterally from the plane of the door H] substantially the entire width of the jamb. This insures protection to a finger, as best shown in Fig. 5, or other object if interposed between the .door l0 and the jamb when the door is in the open position.

In Fig. 6 a modified form of the guard member is shown, which is made of a single sheet of a suitable, thin spring metal and indicated at 2!, the spring metal guard member 2! being received within a modified recess 22 in the door jamb 23. Here again, upon the insertion of an object between the door It and the jamb the guard member 2! would yield to prevent injury.

I claim:

said door and the jamb upon closure of said door.

2. A door construction comprising a swinging door, a door jamb having a longitudinally extending recess upon the inner face thereof adjacent said door and a width substantially greater than said door, vertically aligned pivot members at the upper and lower ends of said door, the axis of said pivot members being spaced from said jamb and yieldable guard means within said recess, said guard means extending laterally in each direction from the general plane of said door in closed position for substantially the entire width of said jamb whereby said yieldable guard means serves to prevent injury to an object interposed between the edge of said door and the jamb upon closure of said door.

3. The door construction of claim 2 wherein the yieldable guard means is a sheet of compressible material.

4. The door construction of claim 2 wherein the yieldable guard means is a sheet of sponge rubber.

5. The door of claim 2 wherein the yieldable guard means is a spring member.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,504,687 Grifiin Aug. 12, 1924 1,704,411 Steffen Mar. 5, 1929 2,184,259 Seaman Dec. 19, 1939 2,331,340 Mosher Oct. 12, 1943 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 16,664 Great Britain July 28, 1896 167,605 Great Britain Aug. 18, 1921