Entryway system with leak managing corner pads

• US 6,665,989 B2
• Filed: 09/25/2001
• Issued: 12/23/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 09/25/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Endura Products, LLC
• Original Assignee: Endura Products Incorporated
• Inventors: Bennett, Joel
• Primary Examiner(s): Friedman, Carl D.
• Assistant Examiner(s): HORTON, YVONNE MICHELE
• Application Number:
  US09/963,739
• Publication Number:
  US 20020035810A1
• Time in Patent Office: 819 Days
• Field of Search: 52/97, 526/564, 522/071, 522/11, 522/09, 521/98, 522/045.1, 494/761, 494/771, 494/791, 494/631, 494/68, 494/67, 494/71
• US Class Current: 52/287.1
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 7/14 Measures for draining-off condensed water or water leaking-in frame members for draining off condensation water, throats at the bottom of a sash

Abstract

An improved corner pad for sealing the bottom corner of a closed door has a sloped upper surface that forms a reservoir between the closed door and the jamb. Rainwater that is blown up the weather strip by wind is collected in the reservoir until the wind subsides, whereupon the water simply drains out. As a result, leakage into a dwelling at the bottom corner of the entryway is managed and contained.

Claims

1. An entryway having a pair of vertical jambs extending upwardly from a threshold assembly, a door hingedly mounted to one of said vertical jambs for being selectively opened and shut in said entryway, and a corner pad mounted to at least one of said jambs adjacent the threshold assembly, said corner pad being formed of a compressible material and being positioned to be compressed between an edge of said door and said jamb to form a seal when said door is shut, said corner pad having a top edge configured to form a reservoir in the region above said top edge when said door is shut for collecting and holding water in a blowing rain.

2. An entryway as claimed in claim 1 and wherein said top edge of said corner pad is sloped downwardly and outwardly to form a triangular reservoir when said door is shut.

3. An entryway comprising:

a hinged door with a free edge, a hinged edge, and an outside face;

a pair of spaced jambs each having a longitudinal stop formed therealong and being spanned at their bottom ends by a threshold assembly having a sill and a threshold cap;

a weather strip mounted to each of said spaced jambs extending along said stop, said weather strip being compressed between said stop and the outside face of said door to form a seal when said door is closed;

a corner pad mounted to the bottom end of at least one of said jambs adjacent said threshold assembly;

said corner pad being formed of compressible material and having an inside edge, an outside edge, and a top edge and being configured to be compressed and form a seal between the edge of a closed door and said jamb;

said top edge of said corner pad being shaped to form a reservoir when said door is closed in the region above said corner pad for collecting water and preventing the water from leaking into a dwelling during a rainstorm.

4. An entryway as claimed in claim 3 and wherein said corner pad is made of foam.

5. An entryway as claimed in claim 3 and wherein said corner pad is made of rubber.

6. An entryway as claimed in claim 3 and wherein said top edge of said corner pad is sloped outwardly and downwardly to form a triangular reservoir.