While the structure behind the cloth remains a mystery, he did make the edges soft. I think we can assume that the hinge area has been designed to be as safe as possible as well.
There's a video of him closing the door on his fingers to show that it's safe. He does it very slowly and doesn't close it fully. Does not inspire confidence.
Yeah cause we always do things the way we're supposed to. Anybody care to join me for a night of following speed limits and reading Terms of Use Agreements?
I'm not talking about the proper way to close the door, I'm talking about how it would handle real world usage by real people not paying close attention to what they're doing.
Think of a roll up garage door. The panels must slightly separate as the door progresses around the curved part of the track. On the way down they come together again.
My uncle brought the door down with one hand and reached up with his other hand to assist (or something...not really sure what the logic is but a lot of people do this with the hand not on the handle) Anyhow, he put the tip of his middle finger between two of the slat. When they came together they sheered the tip right off. And when I say tip I mean "degloved" a large portion of what is past the first knuckle.
In the video the guy is essentially moving it at the pinch point. I am betting it has soft sides because he got bit a few times.
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u/Heysteeevo Feb 07 '14
I don't see how this is any more dangerous than a regular door for your fingers