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Abstract

A door assembly with an automatic misalignment accommodating finger guard comprising a door panel assembly having a panel member having an edge space and a door edge defining member including an inner portion configured to be positioned in an operative relation within the space by a relative longitudinal movement with respect to the panel member. A longitudinal position determining member is detachably fixed to the door edge defining member in a position to extend within a longitudinal position determining opening in the elongated panel member. A spring system is provided which acts between the door edge defining member and the panel member to resiliently bias the door edge defining member into a longitudinally determined limiting position. The door edge defining member and the spring system cooperate to enable the latter to be moved against the bias of the spring system angularly and/or translationally inwardly within the space in response to the engagement of the defined elongated door edge thereof with a closing surface during movement of the door panel assembly into the closed position to thereby automatically accommodate misalignment with the closing surface or with an object, such as a finger or the like, inadvertently disposed between the closing surface and the defined elongated door edge during movement of the door panel assembly into the closed position to thereby serve as a finger guard. The position determining member is configured and positioned to accommodate the angularly inward and/or translationally inward movement of the door edge defining member with respect to the panel member while maintaining the door panel assembly substantially in the determined longitudinal position thereof.

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First Claim