Patent ID: 8484896
Filing Date: 2013-07-16
Classification: E06B

Abstract:
1. A pet access door assembly for mounting on a screen door having a screen member and an opening in said screen member and providing a pet-accessible opening through the screen door, comprising: a first frame member having a top portion, a bottom portion and side portions defining a perimeter thereof, said first frame member being positioned on one side of said screen member and defining a central opening through a central portion thereof, said first frame member being formed with a plurality of pins projecting generally perpendicularly from said first frame member around said perimeter thereof, said first frame member also being formed with a plurality of fastener openings spaced around said perimeter thereof, said first frame member including a grooved receptacle formed on an outer surface thereof; a second frame member having a top portion, a bottom portion and side portions defining a perimeter thereof, said second frame member being positioned on a side of said screen member opposite said one side of said screen member, said second frame member mating with said first frame member and including a central opening alignable with said central opening in said first frame member, said second frame member being formed with a plurality of holes positioned around said perimeter of said second frame member to be alignable with said pins projecting from the first frame member, said perimeter of said second frame member further being formed with a plurality of fastener openings alignable with said fastener openings in said first frame member; a solid pliable sheet having a top edge portion formed with a plurality of holes alignable with corresponding said holes in said perimeter of said second frame member and corresponding said pins on said perimeter of said first frame member, said pliable sheet including at least one fastener opening alignable with at least one corresponding said fastener opening in each of said first and second frame members, said pliable sheet further having a body portion extending downwardly from said top edge portion, said body portion having a size and shape corresponding to said central openings in said first and second frame members, said body portion being positioned adjacent to said screen member so as to form an extension of said screen member and to be movable relative to said first and second frame members for passage of a pet through said central openings; a security panel slidably mounted within said grooved receptacle and being movable between an open position in which said pet can pass through said central opening in said first frame member and a closed position in which said central opening in said first frame member is covered by said security panel to prevent said pet from passing through said central openings, said security panel being formed with a magnetic attraction member at a bottom portion of said security panel, said magnetic attraction member attracts a magnetic strip in a bottom portion of said body portion of said pliable sheet when said security panel is moved to said closed position; and fasteners passing through aligned said fastener openings in said first and second frame members to clamp said first and second frame members together with said screen member being located between said first and second frame members and with said pins passing through said screen member to support said first and second frame members on said screen door, said fasteners applying a clamping load on said screen member through said first and second frame members.