Appeal No. 2000-0563
Application No. 08/813,965
pivoted side
of a door and the adjacent door jamb when the door is open.
The safety guard has an adjustable shape to fit doors having
various configurations and pivot axes. Claim 14 is
illustrative and reads as follows:
14. A pivoted door assembly comprising:
a door frame including a door jamb;
a pivotally mounted door having a stile with
opposite parallel sides adjacent to the door jamb
with a gap between the stile and the door jamb; and
a safety device fitted to at least one side of
the stile, the safety device comprising a rigid
elongate finger guard adapted to be fitted to a side
of the stile adjacent to the door jamb and parallel
to a vertical door edge, and serving to sweep the
gap between the door jamb and the adjacent stile as
the door is pivoted, the finger guard being shaped
substantially to fill the gap between the door jamb
and the stile when the door is in its fully opened
position, and the finger guard incorporating
adjustment means for enabling the cross-sectional
shape of the guard to be varied by choice of
alternative settings of the adjustment means.
THE PRIOR ART
The references relied upon by the examiner as evidence of
obviousness are:
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