Door security device
OwnerJoseph Curtis Taylor, Jack Roy Taylorinventors
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Abstract
A door security device can include a door member mounted to a swinging door, and a connector. The door member can include a slot having openings in at least one end and in an outer face. An end of a first leg of the connector can have a shape configured to mate with the first slot to permit the first leg to slide into the first slot such that the first leg extends out of the first slot through an opening in the outer face of the door member and such that a distal end of the second leg interferes with a surface of a door frame to prevent rotation of the swinging door relative to the door frame.
Claims20
A device for restricting movement of a swinging door in a door frame, the device comprising:
- a first door member configured to be fixedly mounted to the swinging door such that the first door member has a first back face that faces toward the swinging door, a first outer face that faces away from the swinging door, a first end face that extends toward the first back face from one end of the first outer face, and a second end face that extends toward the first back face from an opposite end of the first outer face, the first door member including a first slot, wherein a first end of the first slot is open at the first end face and a second end of the first slot is open at the second end face;
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- a connecting member including a first leg and a second leg, the first leg fixedly attached to the second leg and disposed at an angle relative to the second leg, a first end of the first leg having a shape configured to mate with the first slot to permit the first end to slide into the first slot through the first end face such that the first leg extends out of the first slot through an opening in the first outer face and such that a distal end of the second leg interferes with a surface of the door frame thereby preventing rotation of the swinging door relative to the door frame.
A device for restricting movement of a swinging door in a door frame, the swinging door having a first panel and a second panel configured to swing independent of the first panel, the device comprising:
- a first door member configured to be fixedly mounted to the first panel such that the first door member has a first back face that faces toward the first panel, a first outer face that faces away from the first panel, a first end face that extends toward the first back face from one end of the first outer face, and a second end face that extends toward the first back face from an opposite end of the first outer face, the first door member including a first slot extending from the first end face to the second end face and being open at the first end face and the second end face, the first slot also being open into the first outer face;
- a second door member configured to be fixedly mounted to the second panel such that the second door member has a second back face that faces toward the second panel, a second outer face that faces away from the second panel, a third end face that faces the second end face of the first door member, the second door member including a second slot that is open at the third end face, the second slot also being open into the second outer face and aligned with the first slot;
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- a connecting member including a first leg and a second leg, the first leg fixedly attached to the second leg and disposed at an angle relative to the second leg, a first end of the first leg having a shape configured to mate with the first slot and the second slot to permit the first end to slide into the first slot and into the second slot such that the first leg extends out of the first slot and the second slot through openings in the first outer face and the second outer face and such that a distal end of the second leg interferes with a surface of the door frame thereby preventing rotation of the first and second panels relative to the door frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.