Adjustable door threshold

摘要

A door threshold may comprise a main body formed from two feet. In certain example embodiments, a male-female connection between the feet may be used to adjust the depth of the door threshold. In certain other example embodiments, a center bridge insert to be used in connection with two female feet to adjust the depth of the door threshold. In still further example embodiments, one or more center layers may be disposed between two feet, with the size of the center layer(s) determining the depth of the door threshold. Also, the door threshold may include upper and lower members for sandwiching carpet and/or carpet padding therebetween which, in certain example embodiments, may grip the carpet to reduce the ease with which it may be pulled out from between the upper and lower members. Thus, certain example embodiments may reduce and/or eliminate the need for tacks proximate to the threshold.

主权项

1. A door threshold structure to be at least partially located underneath a door when the door is in a closed position, the door threshold structure comprising:
a foot configured to be connected to a riser, the foot forming a main body of the door threshold structure, the foot to be located under the door when the door is in the closed position; wherein, viewing the foot in cross section in a direction in which a closed door is to extend, the foot is asymmetric so that a first side of said main body includes upper and lower members extending from the main body in spaced apart relation from one another so that the upper and lower members are substantially parallel to one another, and a second side of the main body includes an upper member extending therefrom so as to be substantially parallel to the lower member extending from said first side, and wherein the second side of the main body, but not the first side, is adapted to be located adjacent the riser and has no lower member extending therefrom; wherein a distal end portion of the upper member on the second side of the main body is substantially thinner in cross section than is a distal end portion of the upper member on the first side of the main body, and wherein a cutout is formed in a vertical wall of the main body where the upper member on the second side extends away from the main body, said cutout being defined between the upper member on the second side of the main body and the vertical wall of the main body, the vertical wall extending upward from the ground under the door to the cutout; wherein carpet is to be located adjacent to the threshold; and wherein a gap between the spaced apart upper and lower members of the first side of the foot is configured to receive an end of the carpet.