FLOOR PROTECTOR FOR A GATE

• US 20180298680A1
• Filed: 04/14/2017
• Published: 10/18/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/14/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: KidCo Incorporated
• Original Assignee: KidCo Incorporated
• Inventors: Kaiser, Daniel, Shen, Zhe
• Granted Patent: US 10,450,794 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 2009/002 Safety guards or gates
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 7/28 Other arrangements on doors or windows, e.g. door-plates, windows adapted to carry plants, hooks for window cleaners edge protecting devices for door leaves E06B3/88; special glazing; emergency glazing; double glazing E06B3/66
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 9/02 Shutters, movable grilles, or other safety closing devices, e.g. against burglary louvre windows or grilles E06B7/08; lamellar blinds E06B9/26

Abstract

A floor protector for attachment to a gate comprises a base configured to be positioned on a surface to be protected and first and second arms coupled to first and second portions of the base, the first and second arms extending away from the base and biased inwardly toward one another. The first and second arms have a first position in which the first and second arms accommodate a first object having a first dimension and the first and second arms have a second position in which the first and second arms accommodate a second object having a second dimension.

Claims

1. A floor protector for attachment to a gate, the floor protector comprising:

a base configured to be positioned on a surface to be protected; and

first and second arms coupled to first and second portions of the base, the first and second arms extending away from the base and biased inwardly toward one another;

wherein the first and second arms have a first position in which the first and second arms accommodate a first object having a first dimension;

wherein the first and second arms have a second position in which the first and second arms accommodate a second object having a second dimension; and

wherein the first dimension is greater than the second dimension.

2. The floor protector of claim 1, wherein at least one of the base, the first arm, and the second arm is made of a glow-in-the-dark material.

3. The floor protector of claim 1, wherein the first and second arms are integral with the base and the base and first and second arms are made of a flexible material that biases the first and second arms inwardly toward one another.

4. The floor protector of claim 1, the base further including:

an inner surface configured to, in combination with the first and second arms, accommodate an object;

an outer surface opposite the inner surface; and

a plurality of ridges extending outwardly from the outer surface, the plurality of ridges configured to be positioned on a surface.

5. The floor protector of claim 1, wherein the first and second arms are coupled to first and second ends of the base.

6. The floor protector of claim 1, wherein the floor protector is made of silicone.

7. The floor protector of claim 1, further including a tab extending outwardly from one of the first and second arms to facilitate insertion and removal of the gate from the floor protector.

8. A floor protector for attachment to a gate, the floor protector comprising:

a base configured to be positioned on a surface to be protected; and

first and second arms coupled to first and second portions of the base, the first and second arms extending away from the base and biased inwardly toward one another, wherein the first and second arms are coupled to the base in such a manner that a distance between ends of the first and second arms is variable;

wherein a least one of the base, the first arm, and the second arm is made of a glow-in-the-dark material.

9. The floor protector of claim 8, wherein the first and second arms have a first position in which the first and second arms accommodate a first object having a first dimension, the first and second arms have a second position in which the first and second arms accommodate a second object having a second dimension, and wherein the first dimension is greater than the second dimension.

10. The floor protector of claim 8, wherein the first and second arms are integral with the base and the base and first and second arms are made of a flexible material that biases the first and second arms inwardly toward one another.

11. The floor protector of claim 8, the base further including:

an inner surface configured to, in combination with the first and second arms, accommodate an object;

an outer surface opposite the inner surface; and

a plurality of ridges extending outwardly from the outer surface, the plurality of ridges configured to be positioned on a surface.

12. The floor protector of claim 8, wherein the first and second arms are coupled to first and second ends of the base.

13. The floor protector of claim 8, wherein the floor protector is made of silicone.

14. The floor protector of claim 8, further including a tab extending outwardly from one of the first and second arms to facilitate insertion and removal of the gate from the floor protector.