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US 4,181,337 AGranted
Door holding apparatus
AssigneeCaterpillar Tractor Co.
InventorThomas P. Muller
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Abstract
A door holding apparatus holds a door in a preselected position relative to a door support. The apparatus includes a rod which has a first end pivotally connected to the door and a second end for engaging the door or door support. Force exerting apparatus exerts a force against the rod and urges the rod into forcible engagement with the door or door support.
Claims4
An apparatus (20) for holding a door (14) having a first aperture (48) in a preselected position relative to a door support (16) having a second aperture (30), comprising:
- a U-shaped rod (22) having a midsection and opposite first and second ends (24,26), each end (24,26) having an axis substantially normal to the midsection;
- first resilient grommet means (50) for receiving said second end (26) of the rod (22) and being disposed in a selected one of said first and second apertures (48,30);
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- second resilient grommet means (32) for holding said first end (24) of the rod (22);
- permitting pivotal movement thereof, and exerting force against said first end (24) substantially in the direction of its longitudinal axis and urging said second end (26) substantially in the direction of its longitudinal axis and positively into forcible engagement with the first resilient grommet means (50), said second resilient grommet means (32) being disposed in the other one of said first and second apertures (48,30).
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