Door jamb protector apparatus

• US 5,815,998 A
• Filed: 08/15/1996
• Issued: 10/06/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 08/15/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Lawrence G. Wamsher
• Original Assignee: Lawrence G. Wamsher
• Inventors: Wamsher, Lawrence G.
• Primary Examiner(s): Smith, Creighton
• Assistant Examiner(s): EDWARDS, WILLIAM GLENN
• Application Number:
  US08/698,111
• Time in Patent Office: 782 Days
• Field of Search: 52/211, 52/732.1, 52/732.3, 52/DIG. 12, 52/736.4, 49/462, 248/345.1, 108/27, 312/140.4
• US Class Current: 52/211
• CPC Class Codes: E04G 21/30 against mechanical damage or dirt, e.g. guard covers of stairs
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 1/34 Coverings, e.g. protecting against weather, for decorative purposes

Abstract

A door jamb protector apparatus includes a first flexible clamp portion having one edge connected to one edge of a flexible back portion. A second flexible clamp portion includes one edge connected to another edge of the flexible back portion. Each of the first flexible clamp portion, the flexible back portion, and the second flexible clamp portion has a resilient exterior surface and a resilient interior surface. The first flexible clamp portion, the flexible back portion, and the second flexible clamp portion are comprised of a single material in a form of a unified, integrated structure. The resilient exterior surface of the first flexible clamp portion and the resilient exterior surface of the second flexible clamp portion are substantially concave. The resilient exterior surface of the flexible back portion is substantially convex. The unified, integrated structure is substantially U-shaped and is comprised of a resilient plastic foam material, such as polyurethane foam. Each of the first flexible clamp portion, the flexible back portion, and the second flexible clamp portion includes a relatively high density core portion sandwiched between a relatively low density resilient exterior surface and a relatively resilient interior surface. The relatively low density resilient exterior surface and the relatively low density resilient interior surface are comprised of a plastic foam material, and the relatively high density core portion is comprised of a plastic sheet material. The plastic foam material is comprised of polyurethane foam, and the plastic sheet material is comprised of polyethylene sheet.

Claims

1. A door jamb protector apparatus comprising:

a doorframe assembly including a door jamb extending around the doorframe assembly, the door jamb having a flat planar interior surface intersecting an interior surface of the door lamb at an intersecting edge;

a first flexible clamp portion;

a second flexible clamp portion extending in a spaced and parallel orientation relative to the first flexible clamp portion;

a flexible back portion having first and second edges, the first edge extending in a spaced and parallel orientation relative to the first edge, with the first edge being connected to the first flexible clamp portion and the second edge being connected to the second flexible clamp portion, wherein the clamp portions are positioned on opposed sides of the door jamb of the door assembly such that the first flexible clamp portion, the flexible back portion, and the second flexible clamp portion operate together to encase the door jamb;

wherein each of the first flexible clamp portion, the flexible back portion, and the second flexible clamp portion has a resilient interior surface, whereby the door jamb protector apparatus operates to protect the jamb from abrasive contact with objects being moved through the door assembly;

wherein each of the first flexible clamp portion, the flexible back portion, and the second flexible clamp portion has a resilient exterior surface, whereby the door jamb protector apparatus operates to protect objects being moved through the door assembly from abrasive contact with the door jamb;

wherein the resilient interior surface of the flexible back portion is substantially concave, the resilient interior surface being spaced from a majority of the flat planar interior surface of the door iamb when the intersecting edge of the door lamb is abuttingly positioned against the interior surface of the flexible back portion.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the resilient exterior surface of the first flexible clamp portion and the resilient exterior surface of the second flexible clamp portion are substantially concave.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the resilient exterior surface of the flexible back portion is substantially convex.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first flexible clamp portion, the flexible back portion, and the second flexible clamp portion are comprised of a single material in a form of a unified and integrated structure.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein each of the first flexible clamp portion, the flexible back portion, and the second flexible clamp portion includes a relatively high density core portion sandwiched between a relatively low density resilient exterior surface and a relatively resilient interior surface.