Gate block method and hardware
OwnerRichard G Hyppainventor
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A method when a spring loaded, or non-spring loaded gate is opened, a wood block is placed into the right angled space created between the vertically hinged open gate's end piece which is attached to the fence or other structure to which the gate is attached end piece, the block held in place by a smooth bolt on a connecting tool, which is held in the block with a curved cupped features that extend from the connecting tool, and inserted with a friction fit into a receiving cavity of a receiving tool, consisting of a receiving cavity on one end and curved cupped features that extend outward from the receiving tool, which is installed on the end piece of the fence or other structures on which the rotating piece of the hinge is connected, the two part hardware fastening device comprises a receiving tool and a connecting tool.
A method for keeping a spring loaded gate open, the method comprising:
A two part connecting assembly comprising first a receiving tool with a receiving cavity with the receiving tool collar on one end and the holding circular device(s) with the inner edge attached to the receiving tool and the outer edge curved toward the collar to hold the receiving tool in place and second, a connecting tool which is partially inserted into a wood block with the smooth bolt section extending from the wood block, the smooth bolt section having the connecting tool collar that is flush against the wood block at the point the smooth bolt section leaves the wood block, the section of the connecting tool within the wood block having the holding circular device(s) with the inner edge attached to the receiving tool and the outer edge curved toward the collar.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.