Patent ID: 7861465
Filing Date: 2011-01-04
Classification: E06B

Abstract:
1. A method of preventing finger access into a space between a hinged edge of a door member that is unexposed when the door is closed, and that is hingedly attached to a surface of a door jamb member with spaced hinges each having a protruding portion, and said surface of said jamb member that is unexposed when the door is closed, comprising: cutting a first section of flexible sheet material, having a width sufficient to allow the door to be opened and closed when opposed longitudinal edges of the flexible sheet material are affixed, respectively, to said hinged edge of the door member and said surface of the jamb member on a side of the door having the protruding portion of said spaced hinges, to a length about equal to a spacing between said spaced hinges; securing the opposed longitudinal edges of said first section of said flexible sheet material, respectively, to said hinged edge of the door member and said surface of the jamb member between the spaced hinges, without covering the protruding portion of the spaced hinges with said first section of said flexible sheet material, including the step of cutting a second section from said flexible sheet material to a length with opposed longitudinal edges, and securing the opposed longitudinal edges of said second section of said flexible sheet material, respectively, to said hinged edge of the door member and said surface of the jamb member between two spaced hinges or below a lower hinge that is adjacent to said first section of the flexible sheet material on the side of the door having said protruding portion of said spaced hinges.