Threshold protective cover

• US 6,216,395 B1
• Filed: 02/08/1999
• Issued: 04/17/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 02/08/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Donald R. Kelly
• Original Assignee: Donald R. Kelly
• Inventors: Kelly, Donald R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Canfield, Robert
• Application Number:
  US09/247,798
• Time in Patent Office: 799 Days
• Field of Search: 527/161, 527/162, 527/170.1, 527/180.1, 527/303, 527/413, 522/11, 521/81, 521/05, 521/79, 52D/IG.12, 525/15, 52/3, 494/67
• US Class Current: 49/467
• CPC Class Codes: E04G 21/30 against mechanical damage or dirt, e.g. guard covers of stairs
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 1/70 Sills; Thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 52/12 Temporary protective expedient

Abstract

A threshold protector to be used during the construction of a house or building is an apparatus made of durable material covering the threshold, contacting the back and front of the threshold and removably attached to the threshold.

Claims

1. A cover and threshold combination comprising:

a cover having a front flange, a rear flange, a first top section, a vertical section, a second top section, and an undersurface;

a threshold having a front edge, a rear edge, a main step and a door step;

a means for adhering said cover to the threshold;

wherein said undersurface contacts the main step and the door step.

2. The cover and threshold combination of claim 1 wherein the front flange is vertical and abuts the front edge.

3. The cover and threshold combination of claim 1 further comprising a plurality of second tapes adhesively attached to the undersurface and to the door step.

4. The cover and threshold combination of claim 1 further comprising a first tape adhesively attached to the undersurface and to the main step.

5. The cover and threshold combination of claim 1 further comprising a plurality of first tapes adhesively attached to the undersurface and to the main step.

6. The cover and threshold combination of claim 1 further comprising a second tape adhesively attached to the undersurface and to the door step.

7. A cover for protection of a threshold having a front edge, a rear edge, a main step and a door step, said cover comprising a front flange, a rear flange, a first top section, a vertical section, a second top section and an undersurface wherein the front flange is vertical and is adapted to contact the front edge and the rear flange is adapted to contact the rear edge;

a first tape adhesively attached to the undersurface;

wherein said undersurface is adapted for removable attachment to the threshold by adhesion of the first tape to the main step.

8. The cover of claim 7 further comprising a left edge and a right edge wherein the distance between the left edge and the right edge is from 31 inches to 48 inches.

9. The cover of claim 7 further comprising a second tape adhesively attached to the undersurface and wherein the undersurface is adapted for removable attachment to the threshold by adhesion of the second tape to the door step.

10. The cover of claim 7 wherein the distance between the front flange and the rear flange is in the range of from 2 to 10 inches.

11. A threshold and cover combination comprising:

a threshold having a front edge, a rear edge, a door step and a main step;

a cover having a top surface, a bottom surface, a front section, and a rear section wherein the front section contacts the front edge and the rear section is engages the rear edge; and

an adhesive means for removably attaching the bottom surface to the door step and the main step.

12. The combination of claim 11 wherein the top surface contains a recessed cavity.

13. The combination of claim 11 further comprising a double sided tape adhesively affixed to the bottom surface.

14. The combination of claim 11 further comprising a plurality of double sided tapes adhesively affixed to the bottom surface.

15. The combination of claim 11 wherein the distance from the front flange to the rear flange is in the range of from 2 to 10 inches.

16. The combination of claim 11 further comprising a left edge and a right edge wherein the distance between the left edge and the right edge is from 31 to 48 inches.