Fireplace Screen Patents (Class 16/DIG11)
  • Patent number: 4572156
    Abstract: A fireplace screen assembly arrangement is disclosed which includes a frame assembly upon which glass doors and a pair of mesh doors are mounted for slideable lateral movement between closed and open positions with respect to an associated frame assembly and fireplace. The mesh doors are latched in a closed position, and automatically move to lateral full open positions under the influence of a weight and chain mechanism. When the mesh doors are moved to a closed position of rest, a door and frame latching mechanism engages to hold them in that position. In that position, they are ready to open fully when an operator knob is moved to release the latching mechanism. In this manner, convenient use of the fireplace is enhanced, with the mesh door-opening mechanism permitting a user to easily open the mesh doors for gaining access to the fireplace area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1984
    Date of Patent: February 25, 1986
    Assignee: De Soto, Inc.
    Inventor: William L. Lentz
  • Patent number: 4515146
    Abstract: A fireplace door assembly having doors pivotally mounted on a frame to be mounted on the opening of a fireplace. The doors are mounted on hinges that provide adjustment along a vertical axis of rotation and the front of the frame. An adjustable fire resistant gasket is used for an air seal. A gravity operated latch is provided to maintain the door in a closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1983
    Date of Patent: May 7, 1985
    Inventor: Donald W. Wilkening
  • Patent number: 4351317
    Abstract: A firescreen is secured in place by a flexible member attached at one end to the firescreen with the other end thereof secured to a bracket mounted in position for a portion thereof to extend upwardly in rearwardly spaced relation to the front side of the front wall of the fireplace. An actuator member connected to the bracket moves the bracket rearwardly away from an abutment carried by the fireplace intermediate the bracket and the firescreen whereby tension is applied to the flexible member to urge the firescreen rearwardly and downwardly, thus securing the firescreen to the fireplace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1980
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1982
    Inventor: Ralph E. Matthews