FR2646460A1 - Device which prevents catching of the fingers - Google Patents

Abstract

Device which prevents catching of the fingers and which can be fitted on doors and is intended to ensure the safety of children. The device consists of 4 rigid or semi-rigid plates (Figure 4 Nos. 1-1'-2-2') which are of variable width depending on the angle of opening of the door to be protected and which are joined and hinged with respect to each other by bonding a strong and flexible material 3 over the whole of their inner face, creating a continuity and thus providing the one-way hinges of the system intended to create an obstacle preventing the passage of the fingers and hands of babies and children into the opening of the doors. This invention is fixed by bonding lateral plates 2 and 2' on the upright of the door 5 and the upright of the doorframe facing it 4.

Description

FINGER CLIPPING DEVICE
The present invention is intended for the safety of children.

 It proposes to prohibit the introduction of the fingers or hands of infants and children into the passage left vacant between a door and the amount of the frame on the hinge side when the door is open.

 A door closed by a third person or even by a draft, generates numerous accidents daily, ranging from simple trauma to the phalanges by crushing to their section: the most common cause of accidents among toddlers .

There are currently on the market "rubber tubes" provided with lateral metal slides adapted to be mounted in angles fixed on the visible faces of the frame and the door, a device used on the main doors of schools and nurseries. '' not family approval because it is bulky and unsightly and is permanently fixed on the doors
To overcome these drawbacks, the present invention is intended to be fitted over at least part of their height, the vertical edge of a door and the neighboring frame on the hinge side. More precisely, said device consists of an elongated rigid part. or semi-rigid defining a variable geometry zone bordered longitudinally by 2 zones fixed respectively to the door and to the doorframe
According to the invention, said elongated part has longitudinal subdivision lines which delimit, as fixing zones, two marginal lamellae, said marginal lamellae being articulated with respect to the zone of variable geometry around said subdivision lines, and being adapted to be fixed respectively on the rebate of said jamb and on said vertical edge of the door while the variable geometry area projects freely outside the jamb; Said variable geometry area being capable of passing from an at least relatively flattened configuration in the closed position of the door has a configuration deployed in the open position of the door.

 In this way it is possible to equip the doors with this device to prevent the introduction of children's fingers or hands into the passage left vacant between the door and the amount of the frame on the hinge side when the door is in position. opened.

 In a practical embodiment of the invention, the variable geometry area consists of two main and central lamellae, each lamella being articulated relative to the adjacent lamellae or lamellae around a line of subdivision of the elongated part, said central lamellae being capable of passing from a flattened configuration in the closed position of the door, to a deployed configuration in the open position of the latter.

The strips and the variable geometry area are independent elements joined to a layer of flexible material forming a common lining, the strips are joined to the layer of flexible material by an adhesive.

In a preferred embodiment, the slats and the variable geometry area are independent elements included in a common envelope of flexible material.

 Advantageously, this device adapted to be put in place on the external face of the door as seen with respect to its opening direction, the articulation of said strips is such that they can only pivot in one and the same direction.

However, the adapted device can be put in place on the internal face of the door, as seen in relation to its direction of openings, the articulation of the marginal strips is such that they pivot in the opposite direction.

These two fixing methods thus ensure security on either side of the door.

 In another embodiment, the strips and the variable geometry area may be preferred formed in one piece and delimited by lines of lesser thickness of material allowing their articulation.

 These forms of Execution offer all the same interest: security.

 The finger-trap device according to the invention is composed of marginal lamellae including their face. intended to be joined respectively to the rebate and the edge of the door, is lined with a layer of pressure adhesive protected by a sheet of peelable material e-temporanénent. The advantage being being not to cause degradation of the door and the frame, to be waterproof over the entire height of the system (additional safety and to remain aesthetic.

To allow the device to be adapted to different types of doors and door frames (opening 90 or 180), the central slats will be the same width or different width
The invention will be better understood on reading the description below made with reference to the accompanying drawings in which
Figure t shows a first embodiment of the device according to the invention
Figures 2a and 2b shows the embodiment of Figure I in plan view respectively flat and in articulated position
Figure 3a shows the device of the figure seen from above and on a door frame on a door in closed position
Figure 4a corresponds to Figure 3, the door being open
Figure 4b shows in elevation the entire door in the open position
Figure 5 is a perspective view of a door and a frame fitted
Figure 6a from the front of another embodiment
Figure 6b top plan view of embodiment 6a
Figure 6c top view of the embodiment of Figure 6a
FIG. 6d is a perspective view of a door and a doorframe equipped with the form of execution 6a
If we refer to Figures 1 and 6 this device consists of 4 rigid strips 2 main and central strips 1 and 17 of variable width depending on the opening angle of the door that we want to protect # O # or 1806 and two narrower marginal strips 2 and 2: filled with a layer of pressure adhesive protected by a sheet of peelable material 7 and 7 ') intended to be joined respectively to the rebate 5 and to the edge of the door 4 . The slats can be made in all resistant materials: wood, PVC, polypropylene, rubber, metal (aluminum ...) etc ... Their thickness will depend on the material used to occupy the functional clearance of the door and the space left vacant when it opens.

 These 4 strips are united and hinged together by gluing a resistant and flexible material Figure 2 and 6b n03 on all of their internal face which thus creates continuity and acts as an articulation of the system which can only pivot in one and even direction.

 This system is easy and quick to install, causing no deterioration, since it is fixed by gluing to the door jambs and the doorframe.

 It is aesthetic and discreet (so that parents do not hesitate to install it) usable such that it can also be painted or covered to integrate into the decor of the house.

 The material used to assemble the slats in Figures 2 and 2b, bb and 6c must be resistant and flexible: P.V.C. polypropylene, rubber, very resistant fabric, (even hinges, metal ... l etc ...

 The standard height corresponds to the size of a child of Sans about raised arm but the protection can be increased and even doubled so as to cover the entire door by simply superimposing two devices.

 It is understood that the present # invention is not limited to the embodiment described and shown and that variants and modifications within the reach of ordinary skill in the art are possible, in particular in dimensions to adapt to different types of doors and to the use of materials other than the materials mentioned. It can also be made of one-piece thermo-formed material.

Claims (10)

 1- Safety device intended to be fitted, on at least part of their height, the vertical edge (4a) of a door (4) and the rebate (5a) of the neighboring jamb (5), on the hinges side, characterized in what it consists of an elongated piece (P) rigid or semi-rigid having longitudinal subdivision lines (8) defining two marginal lamellae (2, 2 ') and a variable geometry area (1, 1') , said marginal strips (2, 2 ') being articulated with respect to the variable geometry area (1, 1') around said subdivision lines (8), and being adapted to be fixed respectively on said rebate (5a) and on said vertical edge (4a) of the door (4) while the variable geometry area (1, 1 ') projects freely outside the jamb (5), said variable geometry area (1, 1') being capable of changing from an at least relatively flattened configuration in the closed position of the door, to a configuration ion deployed, in the open position of the door.  2- positive # according to claim 1, characterized in that the variable geometry zone is constituted by at least two central lamellas (1, 1 '), each lamella (1, 1'; 2, 2 ') being articulated by relative to the adjacent slat (s) around a subdivision line (8) of the elongated part, said # central slats (1, 1 ′) being capable of changing from a flattened configuration in the closed position of the door, to a configuration deployed in the open position thereof.  3- Device according to claim 2, adapted to be placed on the outer face of the door as seen relative to its opening direction, characterized in that the articulation of said strips (1, 1 '; 2, 2 ') is such that they can only pivot in one and the same direction.  4- Device according to claim? adapted to be placed on the inside of the door as seen in relation to its opening direction, characterized in that the articulation of the marginal strips (2, 2 ') is such that they pivot in the opposite direction .  5- Device according to any one of claims l to 4, characterized in that the lamellae (2, 2 ') and the variable geometry area (1, 1') are independent elements joined to a layer of flexible material ( 3) forming common lining.  6- Device according to claim 5, characterized ence that the strips are joined to the layer of flexible material (3) by an adhesive (10).  7- Device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the strips (2, 2 ') and the variable geometry area (1, 1') are formed in one piece and delimited by lines of lesser thickness of material allowing their articulation.  8- Device according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the face of the marginal strips (2, 2 ') intended to be joined respectively to the rebate (5a) and the edge (4a) of the door is topped with a layer. pressure adhesive (9) protected by a sheet of material (7) peelable temporarily.  9- Device according to any one of claims 2 to 8, characterized in that the central strips (1, 1 ') are of the same width.  10- Device according to any one of claims 2 to 8, characterized in that the central strips (1 ", 1" ') are of different widths.