Movable or removable closures – Threshold – With drain or vent
Patent
1990-04-25
1991-05-28
Kannan, Philip C.
Movable or removable closures
Threshold
With drain or vent
E06B 170
Patent
active
050183079
ABSTRACT:
A self-draining hollow threshold for an out-swinging door of an enclosure, such as a room, is disclosed comprising an interior threshold portion extending into the enclosure, and having an upper wall. The interior threshold portion has a drainage system comprising a slot in the upper wall, for draining water that penetrates the plane of the door. Such water flows over the upper wall and through the hollow threshold to the exterior of the door and enclosure.
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Burrous Allen J.
Colaprete Silvio
Kehrli David W.
Kannan Philip C.
Schlegel Corporation
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