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US 5,669,641 AGranted
Door securing system
OwnerJames Roderick Jeansonneinventor
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Abstract
A door securing system including a pivot anchor; a latch anchor; a telescoping cross-bar having a pivot section that is slidingly and rotatably received within a tubular latch section; and an adjustable door contact assembly including a contact securing mechanism securable to and positionable along at least a securing section of the latch section and a user positionable bumper plate that is positionable in a plurality of user selected distances away from the latch section. In use, the cross-bar is held in place across the door to be secured by the pivot anchor and the latch anchor and the bumper plate locked into contact with the door surface to prevent opening of the door.
Claims13
A door securing system comprising:
- a pivot anchor having a threaded pivot anchor securing portion at a first pivot anchor end and a positioning tab extending radially outward from a second pivot anchor end;
- a latch anchor having a threaded latch anchor securing portion at a first latch anchor end, a partial spherical latch ball secured to a second latch anchor end in a manner such that a longitudinal axis of said latch anchor passes through said center of said latch ball, and a latching shoulder extending radially outward from a side of said latch anchor at a location a first distance away from said latch ball;
- a telescoping cross-bar having a pivot section having a first outer diameter, a circular cross-section and a tubular latch section, said tubular latch section having a first internal diameter sized to slidingly and rotatably receive therein at least a portion of said pivot section, said pivot section including a pivot hub at one end thereof having a hub channel formed wherein that is sized to captively receive a section of said pivot anchor therein including said positioning tab, said positioning tab being insertable into said hub channel through a tab access slot formed through a first hub channel end, said pivot hub having a first storage slot formed through a second end thereof that is angularly offset from said tab access slot by about a forty-five (45.degree.) degree angle, said first storage slot being sized to receive therein said positioning tab, said latch section including a circular latch ball receiving aperture formed through a sidewall thereof at a first latch section end and a latch anchor receiving slot formed in connection with said latch ball receiving aperture along a portion of a circumference of said first latch section end, said latch ball having a diameter greater than said latch anchor receiving slot and less than said latch ball receiving aperture;
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- an adjustable door assembly including a contact securing mechanism, securable to and positionable along at least a portion of said latch section, and a user positionable bumper plate that is positionable in a securable at a plurality of user selected positions with respect to said latch section.
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A door securing system comprising:
- a pivot anchor having a threaded pivot anchor securing portion at a first pivot anchor end and a positioning tab extending radially outward from a second pivot anchor end;
- a latch anchor having a threaded latch anchor securing portion at a first latch anchor end, a partial spherical latch ball secured to a second latch anchor end in a manner such that a longitudinal axis of said latch anchor passes through said center of said latch ball, and a latching shoulder extending radially outward from a side of said latch anchor at a location a first distance away from said latch ball;
- a telescoping cross-bar having a pivot section having a first outer diameter, a circular cross-section and a tubular latch section, said tubular latch section having a first internal diameter sized to slidingly and rotatably receive therein at least a portion of said pivot section, said pivot section including a pivot hub at one end thereof having a hub channel formed therein that is sized to captively receive a section of said pivot anchor therein including said positioning tab, said positioning tab being insertable into said hub channel through a tab access slot formed through a first hub channel end, said tab access slot being defined by a pair of planar sidewalls that are substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of said pivot section, said latch section including a circular latch ball receiving aperture formed through a sidewall thereof at a first latch section end and a latch anchor receiving slot formed in connection with said latch ball receiving aperture along a portion of a circumference of said first latch section end, said latch ball having a diameter greater than said latch anchor receiving slot and less than said latch ball receiving aperture;
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- an adjustable door contact assembly including a contact securing mechanism, securable to and positionable along at least a portion of said latch section, and a user positionable bumper plate that is positionable in a securable at a plurality of user selected positions with respect to said latch section.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.