Door stopper and method of use
OwnerPatrick F. Callahaninventor
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Abstract
One embodiment of the invention may be a door stopper and a method of operating same, the door stopper may comprise a base plate and a pivoting arm, the base plate having at least a first side and a second side, the first side being pivotally connected to a pivoting arm in a manner that allows the pivoting arm to move between an operating position and a storage position; wherein the door stopper attaches by its second side to a side of a door of a doorway proximate to a edge of the door in a manner that allows the pivoting arm to move from a storage position to an operating position automatically, this operating position allows the pivoting arm to prevent the door from fully closing within the doorway.
Claims20
A door stopper comprising:
- a base plate and a pivoting arm, the base plate being pivotally connected to the pivoting arm in a manner that allows the pivoting arm to move between an operating position and a storage position;
- wherein the base plate attaches to a side of a door of a doorway in a manner that allows the pivoting arm to automatically move from the storage position to the operating position upon the opening of the door in the doorway, the operating position allows the pivoting arm to prevent the door from fully closing within the doorway.
A door stopper in combination with a doorway, comprising:
- (A) the doorway having at least one door hingedly connected to a doorframe;
- (B) a base plate;
- (C) a pivoting arm having a first end and second end, the first end pivotally connects to the base plate to allow the pivoting arm to move between an operating position and a storage position;
- wherein the base plate is secured to the door in a manner that allows the pivoting arm to pivot from the storage position to the operating position by the opening of the door within the doorway, the second end in the operating position then blocks the door from closing within the doorway.
A method of operating a door stopper comprising the following steps, but not necessarily in the order shown:
- (A) providing a door stopper of a base plate and a pivot arm, the pivot arm pivotally connects to the base plate to move between a storage position and an operating position;
- the pivoting arm being further gravity-biased towards the operating position;
- (B) providing a doorway comprising of a doorframe to which a door is hingedly attached;
- (C) attaching the base plate to the door;
- (D) opening the door to allow the pivoting arm to pivot towards the operating position, the pivoting arm in the operating position holds the door ajar.
The method of operating a door stopper of claim 17 further comprising contacting a door jamb with the pivot arm to hold the door ajar.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.