ECUSSON SUR POIGNEE DE PORTE

DOOR KNOB SHIELD

Abrégé anglais

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DOOR KNOB SHIELD
Abstract of the Disclosure
A door knob shield for use in painting a door; the
tool is composed of an elongate handle having a skirt
coaxially arranged and secured to one end of said handle;
the skirt which has an open end is sized to be positioned
over a door knob with the terminal end of the skirt
positioned in abutting relation to a door with the skirt
jacketing the door knob nested within the skirt so that
the zone of the door about the door knob may be painted
rapidly without masking tape to avoid the problem of
partially painting the door knob base.

Revendications

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The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive
property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows:
1. A door knob shield comprising an elongate handle
having a first end and a second end, a skirt having a
closed end and an open end and means securing the closed
end in coaxial relation with the handle, said skirt being
sized for nestingly receiving the door knob and said open
end of said skirt being sized to abut the surface of a door
adjacent a door knob, said skirt is internally threaded
adjacent said open end and an annular ring is provided in
threaded engagement with said skirt, said ring being in-
serted within said skirt and adapted to accommodate the
door knob, where different sized rings can be individually
attached to the threaded end of the skirt to accommodate
different sized door knob bases.
2. The device as set forth in claim 1 wherein said
device is of plastic material.

Description

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S P E C I F I C A T I o N
DOOR KNOB SHIELD
This invention relates to a painter's tool and more
particularly to a door knob shield for use by a painter
in readily and quickly painting a door zone about a door
knob.
In the past there has been a problem often encountered
by painters painting a building where there are numerous
doors. Because door handles are ordinarily of a different
material than is the door, it is necessary to, first,
mask around a door knob or, alternatively to paint about
it very carefully and hence slowly so as to define pre-
cisely and neatly the line between the door knob base and
the door. This invention is of a shield which includes a
handle extending from a coaxial skirt which is sized to
nestingly receive the door knob with the skirt end in
close abutting relation to the door at the base of the
door knob so that paint may be applied to the door about
the base of the door knob without getting paint on the
door knob. By using the tool painting of a door can take
place quickly and without the attendant labor of prior
art techniques.
It is an object of this invention to provide an
improved door knob shield for use by painters in guickly
and readily painting about a door zone adjacent a door
knob and which is composed of a handle with a coaxial
skirt siæed to receive the door knob and with the skirt
being adapted to abuttingly engage the door abou-t the
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door knob and which tool may include inserts to accom-
modate various size of door knobs.
In accordance with these and other objects which
will become apparent hereinafter, the instant invention
will now be described with reference to the accompanying
drawings in which:
Figure 1 is a view illustrating the use of the
instant invention;
Figure 2 is a view partly broken away and illust-
rating the details of the invention;
Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 2 and illust-
rating the insert shown in Figure 2 removed from the
leading or working end of the tool; and
Figure 4 is a view partly in cross section showing
the insert which has been removed from Figure 2.
Referring to the drawings wherein like reference
characters designate like or corresponding parts through-
out the several views, the numeral 12 generally designates
a portion of a door adjacent a door knob generally desig-
nated by the numeral 14 having a base or flange 16 which
is secured to the door in a conventional fashion. The
door knob shield is generally designated by the numeral
20. It is seen to include a handle 22 and a skirt 24 at
the forward end 26. The skirt defines a chamber 28, see
Figure 2. The chamber is open at the distal end 30 and
may be beveled as at 32. Alternatively, as best seen in
Figure 4, an insert 33 having an annular portion with a
threaded nose 34, sized for threaded engagement with
internal threads 36 at the mouth of the skirt 241 of the
modified form of the device of Figure 3. Conventionally,

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one or two turns is all that is required to remove or
install the insert. The insert may be of two or three
sizes for the purpose now to be described.
In use, as shown in Figure 1, the skirt is posi-
tioned with the interior wall 38 in close abutting rela-
tion to the flange 16 of the door knob and with the knob
14 within the chamber 28 of the skirt. As the handle is
grasped, and the shield is in the position shown, the
door may be painted quickly and easily, either by a brush
or spray about the flange without getting paint on the
metal of the door knob. For different size door knobs,
an insert, see Figure 4, may be threadably engaged in the
mouth or end 40, Figure 3, by engaging the exterior
threads 34 of the insert with the internal threads 36 of
the skirt. Depending upon the size of the flange of a
door knob, an insert as shown in Figure 4 is selected.
It is thus seen that there has been provided a
simple and inexpensive tool for use by painters in shield-
ing a door knob so that the door surface adjacent the
door knob when installed may be quickly and easily painted
in a smooth clean job which does not re~uire expensive
masking tape and other time-consuming procedures.
In accordance with the foregoing, it will be appreci-
ated that while the instant invention has been shown and
described in what is considered to be a practical and
preferred embodiment, departures may be made therefrom
within the spirit and scope of this invention which is,
therefore, not to be limited except as set forth herein-
after.