Doorbar system
AssigneeRobert J. Pearson
InventorErnest A. Pearson
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Abstract
Improvement in a doorbar device for barring the door of a doorway, the doorway having doorjambs and a door therefor, the door having a doorknob, the doorbar device comprising a doorknob constructed to be affixed to the doorjambs of the doorway to extend across and bar the door from being opened, the doorbar device also comprising a mechanism for applying a force upon the doorknob to prevent turning thereof.
Claims6
Improvement in a doorbar device for barring the door of a doorway, said doorway having doorjambs and a door therefor, said door having a doorknob, said doorbar device comprising a doorbar constructed to be affixed to the doorjambs of said doorway to extend across and bar the door from being opened, said doorbar device also comprising a mechanism for applying a force upon said doorknob to prevent turning thereof, said mechanism being carried on said doorbar for applying a squeezing force upon opposite faces of said doorknob.
Improvement in a method of barring the door of a doorway, said doorway having doorjambs and a door therefor, said door having a doorknob, said improvement comprising using the doorjambs of said doorway to fasten a doorbar across said door to bar the same from being opened and using said doorbar to apply a force on said doorknob to prevent the same from turning, said force applied to said doorknob being a squeezing force which squeezes upon opposite faces of said doorknob to prevent turning thereof, one face of said doorknob being squeezed against said doorbar.
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