Patent ID: 8595899

Claim:
A door safety device to prevent injury during a closing of a hinged or sliding door, said door safety device adapted to be positioned between one of two vertical side edges of said door and a vertical face located at one of two sides of a door jamb, or at a threshold end of sliding door track, or at a vertically disposed end of a second sliding door, said door safety device comprising: a body formed of resilient material; a base member having an attachment surface configured to be attached to an attachment surface of the door; and means for pivoting said body between an as-used position where said body is located in a space between said vertical side edge of said door and said vertical face, and a stored-position where said body is located away from said space, the pivoting means having a proximal end and a distal end; said body being movably attached to said distal end of said pivoting means and having a substantially planar edge portion configured to contact said side edge of said door when the body is in said as-used position, said body being configured to contact said vertical face during an attempted closure of said door and maintain said side edge of said door a distance away from said vertical face so as to prevent a crushing of a finger positioned between said side edge and said vertical face, at least when the body is in the as-used position; wherein the body is movable with respect to the distal end of the pivoting means in a direction generally normal to the attachment surface of the base member, at least when the body is in the as-used position.