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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 1995
Filed:
Jun. 25, 1993
Richard S Adler, New York, NY (US);
Blake G Sloan, New York, NY (US);
Keith T O'Brien, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Edwin L Jesse, Toms River, NJ (US);
Other;
Abstract
A sealing device automatically seals a gap between a door bottom and a floor in response to closing movement of the door. The sealing device includes a support element attachable to the door bottom, a seal actuating element movably supported from the support element by spring elements, and a sealing element carried by the seal actuating element. The sealing device may be mounted to the inside or outside of a door, or mortise-mounted in the door, and may be mounted to left- or right-opening hinged doors, or to sliding or articulated closures, and may be provided as an after market or OEM device. The spring elements in the preferred embodiment are one-piece and are integrally connected to both the support element and the seal actuating element, thereby forming a one-piece sealing device preferably made of plastic. In embodiments where lateral movement of the seal actuating element is required to seal the gap, a projection on the seal actuating element is engaged by a door jamb surface or an element attached thereto during door opening and closing. A cover for the device is attached without fasteners e.g., by snap-fitting or slide fitting, and may act as a kick plate, and may be decorative. The length of the sealing device may be easily reduced or expanded to fit various size doors. The invention also provides a device which holds the seal actuating element a predetermined distance from the support element during installation of the device on the door to facilitate installation.