US 12,116,827 B2
Closure member stop and associated kit
Thomas C. Potter, Oak Hill, VA (US); Scott R. Bombaugh, Burke, VA (US); Terry M. Gingell, Spotsylvania, VA (US); Anthony Taylor, Stafford, VA (US); Christopher M. Stratton, Springfield, VA (US); and Benjamin Schwind, Falls Church, VA (US)
Assigned to UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE, Washington, DC (US)
Filed by UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE, Washington, DC (US)
Filed on Mar. 5, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/193,123.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/092,346, filed on Oct. 15, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/986,471, filed on Mar. 6, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0277699 A1, Sep. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. E05F 5/00 (2017.01); E05F 5/02 (2006.01); E05F 5/04 (2006.01)
CPC E05F 5/027 (2013.01) [E05F 5/04 (2013.01); E05F 2005/046 (2013.01); E05Y 2201/224 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/13 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A closure member stop for impeding a closure member of an enclosure, the closure member stop comprising:
a base having a top portion opposite a bottom portion, the bottom portion being configured for affixing to an installation point associated with the closure member;
a flexure extending away from the top portion, wherein the flexure comprises a living hinge;
a cushion comprising an angled face and an impact face, the impact face being configured to interface with the closure member at least during closing of the closure member, and the angled face being configured to interface with the closure member at least during opening of the closure member, wherein the flexure provides an operable hinge connection between the cushion and the base such that the cushion pivots relative to the base around the flexure;
a lever operably connected to the cushion and the flexure, and configured such that upon application of a force to the lever, the cushion is moved in a direction toward or away from a swing path of the closure member according to a vector of the applied force,
wherein, prior to application of the force, at least a portion of the cushion extends into a swing path of the closure member when the closure member stop is at rest in the installed position;
wherein a material void, partially defined by the flexure, is positioned in the base rearward of the flexure and opposite of the cushion.