Door security device
OwnerJoseph Curtis Taylor, Jack Roy Taylorinventors
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Abstract
A door security device may restrict movement of a swinging door. The security device may include first and second door members and a connecting member. The first and second door members may be mounted to first and second door panels, respectively. The first and second door members include first and second slots, respectively. The connecting member has first end with a shape configured to mate with the first and second slots to permit the first end to slide into the first and second slots such that the connecting member extends out of the first slot and the second slot through openings in the first outer face and the second outer face.
Claims20
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 having a first end with 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 connecting member extends out of the first slot and the second slot through openings in the first outer face and the second outer face.
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 having a first end with 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 connecting member extends out of the first slot through an opening in the first outer face,
- wherein the first slot and the first end of the connecting member have generally T-shaped profiles.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.