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Portable door securement device

OwnerDavid Workmaninventor

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Abstract

A portable door securement device is provided having a member extending from a first end engaged to a doorknob of a door to a second end engaged with a floor adjacent the door, to prevent opening of the door in a direction toward the engaged member. A slot at a first end of the member engages around a stem of the door handle thereby preventing disengagement of the member from the door, and preventing opening of the door.

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Dependent claims

A portable door securement apparatus comprising:

an elongated member extending along a member axis from a first end of said member to a second end of said member;
a connector, said connector having a body, said body extending from a first end of said connector to a second end of said connector, said body of said connector having a mid portion therebetween;
said first end of said body of said connector adapted for a removable engagement with a doorknob of a door;
said body of said connector having a handle extending from said mid portion thereof, to said second end of said connector;
said second end of said member adapted for a removable engagement with a floor surface;
said mid portion of said body of said connector in a pivoting engagement with and extending across said first end of said member such that said body of said connector is pivotable between a first position and a second position, wherein said handle remains in a fixed relationship with said first end of said body of said connector from said first position to said second position;
and
wherein with said first end of said connector in said removable engagement with said doorknob and with said second end of said member in said removable engagement with said floor surface, said door is prevented from opening in a direction toward said elongated member.

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Facts

Application: 15/479,661Filed 5 Apr 2017 · continuation in part
Priority: 15 Mar 2017
Published: US 2019/0010743 A110 Jan 2019
Granted: 8 Oct 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification17 codes

E05C 19/004
Locking bars, cross bars, security bars: at an angle between door and floor or wall
E05C 17/54
By mechanical means: portable devices, e.g. wedges; wedges for holding wings open or closed
E05C 17/047
With a movable bar or equivalent member extending between frame and wing: portable bars or the like, i.e. completely removable
E05C 17/44
By mechanical means: with a device carried on the wing for frictional or like engagement with a fixed flat surface, e.g. for holding wings open or…

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Application29/596,119Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 15 Mar 2017
US 2019/0010743 A1Pre-grant publication · published 10 Jan 2019
US D823,664 S1Parent of this continuation-in-part
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Abstract

Facts

Application

15/479,661Filed 5 Apr 2017 · continuation in part

Priority

15 Mar 2017

Published

US 2019/0010743 A110 Jan 2019

Granted

8 Oct 2019

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification17 codes

E05C 19/004
Locking bars, cross bars, security bars: at an angle between door and floor or wall
E05C 17/54
By mechanical means: portable devices, e.g. wedges; wedges for holding wings open or closed
E05C 17/047
With a movable bar or equivalent member extending between frame and wing: portable bars or the like, i.e. completely removable
E05C 17/44
By mechanical means: with a device carried on the wing for frictional or like engagement with a fixed flat surface, e.g. for holding wings open or…