Door clamp
OwnerJ. Robert Ploskunakinventor
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Abstract
Apparatuses and methods for securing a door. The apparatuses include a door clamp having a stop, a base attached to the stop, a jamb bracket attached to the base, and a fastener coupled to the jamb bracket. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes first and second jamb brackets attached at a hinge, a handle attached coaxially with the hinge, first and second bases extending from the jamb brackets, and first and second stops attached to the bases.
Claims19
A door clamping device for installation from the inside of a room and for preventing an inward swinging door from swinging into the room, comprising:
- a stop having a width dimensioned to extend adjacent an inner side of a door frame and a having a stop extension, the stop extension having a height dimensioned to extend adjacent an inner side of the door;
- a base having a first end and a second end, the first end fixedly attached to the stop, the base having a height that fits under the closed door;
- a jamb bracket fixedly attached to the second end of the base and dimensioned such that the jamb bracket and base can be slid from an inner side of the door, under the door, until the stop extension is adjacent the inner side of the door and the base can be moved adjacent the door frame until the jamb bracket extends along the door frame;
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- a fastener coupled to the stop to extend into a fastener hole in the door frame when the stop extends along the door frame.
A door clamping device for installation from the inside of a room and for preventing an inward swinging door from swinging into the room, comprising:
- a stop having a height dimensioned to extend adjacent an inner side of the door;
- a base having a first end and a second end, the first end fixedly attached to the stop, the base having a height that fits under the closed door when the stop extends adjacent the inner side of the door;
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- a jamb bracket fixedly attached to the second end of the base and dimensioned such that the jamb bracket and base can be slid from an inner side of the door, under the door, until the stop extension is adjacent the inner side of the door and the base can be moved adjacent the door frame until the jamb bracket extends along the door frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.