Door stop
OwnerMichael Robert C. Sowashinventor
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Abstract
The door stop comprises a stop block. One of the surfaces of the stop block has an angular recess therein with angular faces positioned at an acute angle with respect to the stop block surfaces. The stop block is configured to insert into the jamb when the door is opened and the angular faces engaged over the top corner of the hinge edge stile of the door to hold the door open. A handle is attached to the stop block so that it may be easily inserted and removed.
Claims25
A door stop for maintaining a door in open position, the door having a side edge hinged to a door frame and an inside corner meeting the side edge, the door having an open position where there is a lateral gap defining a predetermined distance between said corner and the door frame, the door stop comprising:
- a stop block, said stop block having first and second opposite surfaces, said first surface having an elongated recess therein, said recess having a shape substantially complementary to said corner of the door and having a bottom spaced from the second surface by a thickness dimension substantially equal to or less than said predetermined distance, whereby the stop can be inserted between corner of the door and the door frame with said corner fitting in said recess in the first surface and with the second surface engaging the door frame thereby to inhibit the door from closing.
A method of using a door stop to prevent a a door from closing in its door frame, the door having an inside corner adjacent to the frame, the door stop having an elongated recess that fits the inside corner of the door, comprising:
- opening the door until there is an elongated space between said inside corner and the door frame outwardly of the frame;
- and
- fitting the recess of the door stop over said inside corner with the door stop in said space and with the stop bearing against said corner and the door frame thereby to inhibit closing of the door.
A door stop for holding a door in open position, the door having a vertical inside side edge hinged to a door frame, a horizontal top edge and an inside top corner joining the top and side edges, the door having an open position where there is a lateral extending gap between said corner and the door frame the door stop comprising:
- a stop block of generally rectangular shape, said stop block having opposite front and back surfaces spaced from each other, said front surface having an elongated recess therein defined by substantially planar faces intersecting at an angle to define a line at the bottom of the recess, said line being spaced from said back surface by a distance substantially equal to or slightly less than said gap, so that when the block is inserted between said corner of the door and the door frame with the recess receiving the said corner and the back surface bearing against the door frame, the block holds the door in open position.
In combination,
- a door frame;
- a door having an inside edge hinged to the frame and an inside corner joining the inside edge, the door being movable into an open position wherein the inside corner is outside of and laterally spaced from the door frame;
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- an elongated stop block having front and back surfaces, the front surface including a recess shaped to fit the corner of the door, the block being removably interposed the door and the door frame when the door is in said open position, with the corner of the door received in the recess, with the front surface bearing against the inside edge of the door, and with the back surface bearing against the door frame, thereby holding the door in open position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.