Actuatable door stop
OwnerJames Traninventor
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Abstract
A door stopper device having a base securable to the floor adjacent to the door, and a stepper plate pivotally attachable to the base. A stopper plate is pivotally attached to the base and the stepper plate, with the stopper plate having a distal end portion opposite the stepper plate. The distal end portion of the stopper plate is raised upward and is engageable with the door when the door stopper device is in an engaged position, and the distal end of the stopper plate is lowered from the engaged position to assume a disengaged position, the stopper plate is not engageable with the door when the door stopper device is in the disengaged position.
Claims20
A door stopper device for blocking a door in a closed position, the door stopper device comprising:
- a base;
- a stepper plate pivotally attachable to the base;
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- a stopper plate pivotally attached to the base and the stepper plate, the stopper plate having a distal end portion opposite the stepper plate.
A door stopper device for use with a door, the door stopper device comprising:
- a base defining a base plane;
- a press plate moveably engaged to the base;
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- a stopper plate operatively coupled to the press plate and having a distal end portion, the stopper plate being transitional relative to the base between a disengaged position and an engaged position, a distance between the distal end portion and the base plane increasing as the stopper plate transitions from the disengaged position toward the engaged position.
A method of inhibiting movement of a door, the method comprising pivoting a press plate relative to a base from a first position toward a second position, the press plate being operatively connected to a stopper plate, such that pivoting of the press plate from the first position toward the second position causes the stopper plate to transition from a disengaged position toward an engaged position wherein the stopper plate is engageable with the door for inhibiting movement of the door.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.