Corner pad for a door assembly

• US 8,555,551 B2
• Filed: 06/25/2012
• Issued: 10/15/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 07/17/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Quanex Building Products Corporation
• Original Assignee: Quanex Corporation
• Inventors: Meeks, James W., Hewitt, Brian S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Mitchell, Katherine
• Assistant Examiner(s): Kelly, Catherine A
• Application Number:
  US13/532,414
• Publication Number:
  US 20120324798A1
• Time in Patent Office: 477 Days
• Field of Search: 495/04, 494/751, 494/931
• US Class Current: 49/475.1
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 7/2316 used as a seal between the floor and the wing

Abstract

A door assembly for disposition in a building includes a vertical member, a weather strip adjacent the vertical member, and a door selectively moveable to be adjacent the weather strip. A threshold extends below the door and the vertical member extends upwardly from a lower end and a corner pad is mounted to the lower end. The corner pad includes a base surface abutting the threshold, a first edge surface extending upwardly from the base surface between the vertical member and the weather strip, and a lower reservoir surface extending upwardly from the first edge surface. The lower reservoir surface extends inwardly into the corner pad defining a reservoir between the vertical member and the weather strip. The corner pad includes a second reservoir surface extending angularly from said lower reservoir surface for preventing the water from splashing out of said reservoir and into an interior of the building.

Claims

1. A door assembly comprising:

a vertical member extending upwardly from a lower end;

a weather strip adjacent said vertical member; and

a corner pad mounted to said vertical member at said lower end;

said corner pad including a base surface disposed at said lower end of said vertical member and a top surface spaced from said base surface;

said corner pad including a first edge surface extending from said base surface toward said top surface between said vertical member and said weather strip to define a first bore between said first edge surface and said weather strip, said corner pad including a second edge surface extending from said top surface toward said base surface between said vertical member and said weather strip to define a second bore between said second edge surface and said weather strip; and

said corner pad including a reservoir extending between said first edge surface and said second edge surface separating said first bore from said second bore to prevent upward wicking of water from said first bore toward said second bore and to top surface during rain.

2. The door assembly as set forth in claim 1 wherein said corner pad includes a mounting face mounted to said vertical member and extending in a first direction from said base surface to said top surface and an opposite face spaced from said mounting face and extending in said first direction from said base surface to said top surface.

3. The door assembly as set forth in claim 2 further comprising adhesive disposed between said opposite face and said vertical member adhering said corner pad to said vertical member.

4. The door assembly as set forth in claim 3 further comprising an interior edge surface spaced from said first and second edge surfaces, said opposite face being planar from said first and second edge surfaces to said interior edge surface.

5. The door assembly as set forth in claim 2 wherein said corner pad includes a thickness between said mounting face and said opposite face and wherein said reservoir includes a length from said first edge surface to said second edge surface, said length being greater than said thickness.

6. The door assembly as set forth in claim 1 wherein a length of said reservoir from said first edge surface to said second edge surface is greater than a length of said first edge surface from said base surface to said reservoir and is greater than a length of said second edge surface from said top surface to said reservoir.

7. The door assembly as set forth in claim 1 further comprising a lower reservoir surface extending from said first edge surface in a direction away from said base surface and inwardly from said first edge surface, an upper reservoir surface extending from said second edge surface in a direction away from said top surface and inwardly from said second edge surface, and a second reservoir surface extending from said lower reservoir surface to said upper reservoir surface, wherein a length of said second reservoir surface from said lower reservoir surface to said upper reservoir surface is greater than a length of said lower reservoir surface from said first edge surface to said second reservoir surface and is greater than a length of said upper reservoir surface from said second edge surface to said second reservoir surface.

8. The door assembly as set forth in claim 1 further comprising a perforated line extending from said top surface toward said base surface defining a removeable ear portion and a second perforated line extending from said base surface toward said top surface defining a second removeable ear portion.

9. The door assembly as set forth in claim 1 further comprising an interior edge surface spaced from said first and second edge surfaces, said corner pad tapering in thickness from said first and second edge surfaces to said interior edge surface.

10. The door assembly as set forth in claim 1 wherein said corner pad is formed of an elastomeric material.

11. A corner pad for disposition on a vertical member of a door assembly adjacent a threshold between the vertical member and a weather seal of the door assembly, said corner pad comprising:

a base surface;

a top surface spaced from said base surface.

a mounting face extending in a first direction from said base surface to said top surface;

an opposite face spaced from said mounting face and extending in said first direction from said base surface to said top surface;

a first edge surface extending from said base surface toward said top surface between said mounting face and said opposite face;

a second edge surface extending from said top surface toward said base surface between said mounting face and said opposite face; and

a reservoir extending between said first edge surface and said second edge surface for interrupting upward wicking of water between the weather strip and the corner pad during rain.

12. The corner pad as set forth in claim 11 wherein a length of said reservoir from said first edge surface to said second edge surface is greater than a length of said first edge surface from said base surface to said reservoir and is greater than a length of said second edge surface from said top surface to said reservoir.

13. The corner pad as set forth in claim 11 wherein said corner pad includes a thickness between said mounting face and said opposite face and wherein said reservoir includes a length from said first edge surface to said second edge surface, said length being greater than said thickness.

14. The corner pad as set forth in claim 11 further comprising a lower reservoir surface extending from said first edge surface away from said base surface and inwardly from said first edge surface, an upper reservoir surface extending from said second edge surface away from said top surface, and a second reservoir surface extending from said lower reservoir surface to said upper reservoir surface, wherein a length of said second reservoir surface from said lower reservoir surface to said upper reservoir surface is greater than a length of said lower reservoir surface from said first edge surface to said second reservoir surface and is greater than a length of said upper reservoir surface from said second edge surface to said second reservoir surface.

15. The corner pad as set forth in claim 11 further comprising an interior edge surface spaced from said first and second edge surfaces, said opposite face being planar from said first and second edge surfaces to said interior edge surface.

16. The corner pad as set forth in claim 15 further comprising adhesive disposed on said opposite face for adhering to the vertical member.

17. The corner pad as set forth in claim 11 further comprising a perforated line extending from said top surface toward said base surface defining a removeable ear portion and a second perforated line extending from said base surface toward said top surface defining a second removeable ear portion.

18. The corner pad as set forth in claim 11 further comprising an interior edge surface spaced from said first and second edge surfaces, said corner pad tapering in thickness from said first and second edge surfaces to said interior edge surface.

19. The corner pad as set forth in claim 11 wherein said corner pad is formed of an elastomeric material.