Patent ID: 6471258
Filing Date: 2002-10-29
Classification: E05B,E05C,Y10T

Abstract:
An anti-finger catching system for doors and windows, said anti-finger catching mechanism comprising:a frame, a moveable leaf attached to the frame and the moveable leaf having, on front and rear edges, elastic sections for preventing a user's fingers from being accidentally trapped between the frame and the moveable leaf, a closing mechanism of the moveable leaf being fitted with a retractable bolt acting against the frame for holding the leaf in a closed position and said closing mechanism being retractable upon contacting the user's fingers for preventing the user's fingers from being trapped between the frame and the closing mechanism of the moveable leaf; said bolt having a rear portion with an elongated longitudinal slot through which a driver passes transversely, said driver being linked to operating knobs, and a section of the bolt located between an intermediate stop and a front portion of the bolt being longer than the elastic section mounted on the front edge of the moveable leaf so that the section of the bolt can extend through the elastic section mounted on the front edge of the leaf and engage the frame with the section of the bolt being fully retractable into the leaf by movement of the driver in the elongated longitudinal slot upon contacting fingers between the frame and the leaf.