US 12,227,990 B2
Interlocking molding with sightline elimination flange for toilet and other partitions
Douglas Hitchon, Eastanollee, GA (US); Donald Wayne Smith, Demorest, GA (US); Andrew Neil McCall, Hartwell, GA (US); and Matthew Stepp, Pendleton, SC (US)
Assigned to AMERICAN SPECIALTIES INC., Yonkers, NY (US)
Filed by American Specialties Inc., Yonkers, NY (US)
Filed on Jun. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/848,894.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/242,149, filed on Sep. 9, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/214,974, filed on Jun. 25, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0412158 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. E06B 7/36 (2006.01); B21D 5/02 (2006.01)
CPC E06B 7/367 (2013.01) [B21D 5/02 (2013.01); E06B 7/362 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
a body portion;
a first arm opposing an inner surface of the body portion and extending from a first edge of the body portion;
a flange comprising parallel layers of the metallic material, the parallel layers comprising:
a first layer extending in a first direction away from the body portion at a second edge of the body portion opposite the first edge of the body portion, and
a second layer extending at a first edge from the first layer in a second direction opposite the first direction; and
a second arm extending from a second edge of the second layer of the flange and opposing the inner surface of the body portion, the second arm comprising an edge arranged parallel to an edge of the first arm with a gap formed therebetween,
wherein the flange is formed at a non-perpendicular angle relative to a reference plane through a base of the first arm and a base of the second arm and is configured to serve as a stop for a door closure; and
wherein the apparatus is formed of a single, elongated, and contiguous strip of a metallic material.