Door holder
OwnerNicolas Alexander Fullerinventor
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Abstract
The door holder includes a flexlatch, a rigid plate, and a striker plate coupler. The door holder may be adapted to retain a door open at a fixed opening width such that a smaller pet may pass through the open doorway and a larger pet or a small child is prevented from passing through the open doorway. The door holder may couple between a door knob of the door and a striker plate in a door frame by securing the flexlatch around the door knob and by hooking the striker plate coupler onto the striker plate. Spring action of the flexlatch may assure that the striker plate coupler remains coupled to the striker plate. The flexlatch, the rigid plate, and the striker plate coupler may be formed into a single element that may hang from the door knob when not in use.
Claims11
A door holder comprising:
- a flat strap of flexible material, a rigid plate, and a striker plate coupler, the rigid plate having at least a first end portion joining with at least a portion of a proximal end of the flat strap, and the striker plate coupler formed at a second end of the rigid plate opposed to the first end portion;
- wherein the door holder is adapted to hold a door open at a fixed opening width such that a pet of a first size is able to pass through an open doorway of said door and a pet or a child of a second size is to be prevented from passing through the open doorway of said door;
- wherein the door holder is adapted to couple between a door knob of the door and a striker plate in a door frame by securing the flat strap around the door knob and by hooking the striker plate coupler onto the striker plate;
- wherein the flat strap assures that the striker plate coupler remains coupled to the striker plate;
- wherein the rigid plate establishes the fixed opening width by preventing the portion of the proximal end of the flat strap from bending.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.