Door edge protector

Claim 1

THE COMBINATION OF A DOOR AND DOOR EDGE PROTECTOR INCLUDING MEANS FOR FITTING AND FASTENING SAID PROTECTOR ON AND TO AN EDGE OF SAID DOOR, SAID DOOR COMPRISING FRONT AND REAR SIDES AND AN EDGE BOUNDING SAID SIDES AND EXTENDING BETWEEN THE MARGINAL PORTIONS THEREOF, SAID FRONT AND REAR SIDES HAVING GROOVES THEREIN EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY ALONG SAID MARGINAL PORTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID EDGE TO BE PROTECTED AND SPACED LATERALLY FROM SAID ASSOCIATED EDGE, SAID GROOVES EACH HAVING LATERALLY SPACED APART, LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING SIDE WALLS FARTHER FROM AND NEARER TO SAID ASSOCIATED EDGE, AND AN OPEN SIDE FACING OUTWARDLY OF A SIDE OF SAID DOOR, AND SAID DOOR EDGE PROTECTOR COMPRISING A LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING CHANNEL-SHAPED STRIP OF DURABLE MATERIAL HAVING LATERALLY SPACED APART LEGS JOINED TOGETHER ALONG THEIR LATERALLY OPPOSITE EDGES BY A LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING WEB, SAID LEGS LYING AGAINST AND ENGAGING SAID ASSOCIATED MARGINAL PORTIONS AND SUBSTANTIALLY COVERING SAID OPEN SIDES OF SAID GROOVES THEREIN, AND SAID WEB LYING AGAINST THE ENGAGING SAID ASSOCIATED EDGE, FLANGES ON SAID LEGS EXTENDING INTO SAID GROOVES ALONG AND ADJACENT SAID GROOVE SIDE WALLS FARTHER FROM SAID ASSOCIATED EDGE, MEANS FOR FITTING AND FASTENING SAID CHANNEL-SHAPED STRIP ON SAID DOOR EDGE COMPRISING LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING FITTING AND FASTENING STRIPS LYING IN SAID GROOVES INSIDE OF AND HIDDEN BY SAID LEGS OF SAID CHANNEL-SHAPED SRIP SUBSTANTIALLY COVERING SAID GROOVES, SAIF FITTING AND FASTENING STRIPS ENGAGING AND ACTING BETWEEN SAID GROOVE SIDE WALLS NEARER TO SAID ASSOCIATED EDGE AND SAID FLANGES AND URGING SAID FLANGES TOWARD SAID GROOVE SIDE WALLS FARTHER FROM SAID ASSOCIATED EDGE AND TENDING TO RETAIN SAID FLANGES BETWEEN AND IN ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID LOCKING STRIPS AND SAID GROOVE SIDE WALLS FARTHER FROM SAID ASSOCIATED EDGE.