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Granted Patent B2
US 8,910,421 · App. 14/173,188 · Granted Dec 16, 2014

Under track garage door seal

Inventor: David Potter (Pleasant View, UT)
E06B7/24E06B7/231
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Patent No.
US 8,910,421
App. No.
14/173,188
Granted
Dec 16, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

For sealing a door, a jamb interface with a specified width connects to a jamb interior face of a jamb along a longitudinal axis of the jamb interior face. The jamb interface includes a plurality of fingers with a proximal edge of each of the fingers in the range of 4 to 6.5 centimeters (cm) from an intersection of the jamb interface and a flap. Each finger has a specified finger height in the range of 1 to 1.5 cm. Each finger is separated from adjacent fingers by a specified spacing height in the range of 1 to 1.5 cm.

Claims (15)

1. An apparatus comprising:

a jamb interface with a width connecting to a jamb interior face of a jamb along a vertical longitudinal axis of the jamb interior face, the jamb interface comprising a plurality of fingers with a proximal edge of each of the fingers extending in a range of 4 to 6.5 centimeters (cm) from an intersection of the jamb interface and a flap, each finger having a longitudinal axis extending parallel to each other, each finger having a finger height along the vertical longitudinal axis in a range of 1 to 1.5 cm and a finger length along each finger longitudinal axis in the range of 4 to 6.5 cm, wherein each finger is the same finger length, and each finger is separted from adjacent fingers by a spacing height in the range of 1 to 1.5 cm, and the plurality of fingers do no contact a section door; and

the flap forming a seal between the section door and the jamb.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the proximal edge of the fingers is 5.08 cm from the intersection of the jamb interface and the flap, the finger height is 1.2446 cm, and the spacing height is 1.2954 cm.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the width is in a range of 9 to 14 cm.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a jamb flange disposed at an intersection of the flap and the jamb interface, the jamb flange orthogonal to a latitudinal axis and the longitudinal axis of the jamb interior face, and abutting a jamb traverse face of the jamb.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the flap and the jamb interface are extruded as a single piece.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the flap and jamb interface are formed of an elastomer.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the proximal edge of one or more of the plurality of fingers is scored.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein each finger is scored to a depth of 0.079375 cm.

9. A system comprising:

a section door;

a jamb comprising a jamb interior face;

a jamb interface with a width connecting to the jamb interior face along a vertical longitudinal axis of the jamb interior face, the jamb interface comprising a plurality of fingers with a proximal edge of each of the fingers extending in a range of 4 to 6.5 centimeters from an intersection of the jamb interface and a flap, each finger having a longitudinal axis extending parallel to each other, each finger having a finger height along the vertical longitudinal axis in a range of 1 to 1.5 centimeters and a finger length along each finger longitudinal axis in the range of 4 to 6.5 cm wherein each finger is the same length, and each finger is separated from adjacent fingers by a spacing height in the range of 1 to 1.5 cm, and the plurality of fingers do no contact the section door; and

the flap forming a seal between the section door and the jamb.

Continuity (2)
Continuation In Part 13442676 · Apr 9, 2012
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