Door-mounted bug barrier apparatus

• US 20040040214A1
• Filed: 08/23/2003
• Published: 03/04/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 08/28/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Garold B. Bitner II
• Original Assignee: Garold B. Bitner II
• Inventors: Bitner, Garold B. II
• Application Number:
  US10/646,511
• Publication Number:
  US 20040040214A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 49/475.1
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 3/4609 for windows E06B3/4654 - E06B3/4681 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 3/4636 for doors E06B3/4609 and E06B3/4654 - E06B3/4681 take precedence; sliding shower doors A47K3/34
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 7/16 Sealing arrangements on wings or parts co-operating with the wings specially adapted for fireproof or similar closures E06B5/164; E06B7/098 takes precedence ; fixed sealing joints E04B1/68; devices for fitting sealing strips E04F21/00

Abstract

A bug barrier apparatus is provided for mounting on a door which moves along a door track and includes a support member which includes a top end and a bottom end. Door attachment means, attached to the support member, are provided for attaching the support member to the door. A set of flexible bristles is connected to the support member bottom end. Preferably, the door is a sliding glass door, and the flexible bristles extend from an edge of the sliding glass door and contact a door track. A pair of bug barrier apparatuses of the invention can be mounted on the trailing edge of the sliding glass door. The apparatus of the invention can be in a long-version form and a short-version form.

Claims

1. A bug barrier apparatus for mounting on a door which moves along a door track, comprising:

a support member which includes a top end and a bottom end,

door attachment means, attached to said support member, for attaching said support member to the door, and

a set of flexible bristles connected to said support member bottom end.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein:

the door is a sliding glass door, and

said flexible bristles extend from the sliding glass door and contact a door track.

3. The apparatus of claim 2 wherein said set of flexible bristles has a bristle-set width which is sufficient to sweep the width of the door track.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said support member further includes:

a pair of side riser portions connected between said top end and said bottom end of said support member, and

a thru-channel defined by said support member top end, said support member bottom end, and said pair of side riser portions.

5. The apparatus of claim 4 wherein said thru-channel has an internal channel height and an internal channel width which permits said support member to be positioned around protuberances on a door edge.

6. The apparatus of claim 5 wherein said support member top end, said pair of side riser portions, and said support member bottom end define a four-sided, frame-like support member.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said door attachment means include adhesive strips.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 wherein said adhesive strips are comprised of foam, double-stick, adhesive tapes.

9. The apparatus of claim 7 wherein said adhesive strips include:

a top adhesive strip attached to said support member top end, and

a bottom adhesive strip attached to said support member bottom end.

10. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein:

said support member is in a form of solid, planar support member, and

said door attachment means are in a form of an adhesive strip attached to said solid, planar support member.