Patent ID: 7204059

Claim:
A doorjamb assembly guard, adapted and configured to be installed over a doorjamb assembly, such doorjamb assembly comprising a doorjamb, and an outer trim element joined with such door jamb, such outer trim element and such door jamb defining an interior corner, such door jamb having an inner-facing surface defining a doorway opening, a door-arresting surface, and an outer surface facing away from such door-arresting surface, such inner-facing surface extending from such door-arresting surface to such outer surface, said doorjamb assembly guard comprising: (a) a central section which overlies the inner-facing surface of such doorjamb assembly, said central section having a first door side, and a second opposing side displaced from the door side; (b) a door leg section, connected to said central section at said first door side; and (c) a third section, directly or indirectly connected to said central section at said second side and facing away from such doorway opening, said door jamb assembly guard defining a shock absorber, an element of said shock absorber being adapted and configured to extend between such trim element and such door jamb and to be spaced from such interior corner, said third section comprising, in at least partial definition of said shock absorber, an interface member connected to said central section at said second side facing away from such door, said interface member being sized and configured to extend at a transverse angle to said central section, said interface member being arranged and configured such that said interface member can extend over, and overlie, at least a portion of such outer surface of such door jamb assembly, said third section further comprising a resiliently cushioning nose member extending outwardly in front of said interface member, a cavity optionally being defined between said interface member and said resiliently cushioning nose member.