Patent ID: 6374545
Filing Date: 2002-04-23
Classification: E06B

Abstract:
A door assembly comprising:a door including two horizontally extending grooves each formed in a respective one of a pair of opposing exterior sides of the door in an upwardly spaced relation with respect to a bottom door surface; a snap-on door sweep constructed and arranged to be attached to said door in an operative position with a gripping engagement to provide a seal between the bottom door surface and a door opening threshold when said door is disposed in a closed position within a door opening; said snap-on door sweep including: (1) a rigid attaching structure constructed and arranged to be attached to said door in cooperating relation to said horizontally extending grooves and said bottom door surface when said snap-on door sweep is in the operative position with respect thereto, and (2) a flexible threshold engaging seal assembly carried by said rigid attaching structure in a position so as to extend downwardly therefrom when said snap-on door sweep is in said operative position; said rigid attaching structure including: an elongated bottom wall portion constructed and arranged to be operatively disposed below said bottom door surface when said snap-on door sweep is in the operative position, and a pair of groove engaging portions fixed to a pair of opposing sides of said bottom wall portion and extending inwardly in spaced relation thereto; one of said pair of groove engaging portions constituting a resilient snap-on portion having a cam portion thereon; said pair of groove engaging portions being constructed and arranged to be operatively engaged in said horizontally extending grooves when said snap-on door sweep is in said operative position to grippingly retain said snap-on door sweep on said door; said snap-on door sweep being constructed and arranged to be oriented such that said cam portion is engaged with said door at a position below one of said horizontally extending grooves; said cam portion including a cam surface extending outwardly as it extends upwardly relative to the door when said snap-on door sweep is in said operative position, said cam surface constructed and arranged to engage said door at said position below one of said horizontally extending grooves so that said cam portion deflects outwardly as it is forced upwardly with respect to said door and rides along said door in said position below one of said horizontally extending grooves until said snap-on door sweep reaches the operative position.