Title: Weather seal apparatus

Abstract: A sweep for the bottom of a swingable door includes an L-shaped elongated member having an elongated tube extending along the upper surface of the horizontal portion and a plurality of resilient ribs extending downwardly therefrom. The sweep is mounted on a door by attaching the vertical leg to the inner surface of the door with the tube between the bottom edge of the door and the horizontal leg. The depending ribs contact and are bent by contact with a sill at the bottom of the opening in which the door is mounted. The sweep is usable on inwardly or outwardly swinging doors.

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Inventors: McKann, Henry S. (Fredericksburg, VA, US)

Application Number: 939193
Filing Date: 1978-09-05
Publication_date: 1980-01-29
Assignee: General Products Company, Inc. (Fredericksburg, VA)
Primary Class(es): 49/470 49/495.1
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US Patent Ref:

3604152	Sep, 1971	Protzman	49/470.
3824246	Dec, 1974	McAllister	49/470.

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Primary Examiner: Downey, Kenneth
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Attorney: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Farley