Rollerless door check mechanism

A check mechanism for a frame and a closure movable relative to the frame, said check mechanism comprising, in combination:

• a housing securable to one of the frame and the closure and having an opening;
• a check arm securable to the other one of the frame and the closure and extending into the opening;
• at least one guide within the housing and engaging the check arm;
• at least one spring member biasing the at least one guide toward the check arm;
• wherein the at least one guide and the check arm are adapted to resist movement of the closure relative to the frame when the at least one guide engages predetermined locations of the check arm;
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• wherein the at least one guide has a generally V-shaped portion, in cross-section, engaging a camming surface of the check arm and the at least one spring member biases the generally V-shaped portion toward the camming surface in a direction perpendicular to the camming surface.

A check mechanism for a frame and a closure movable relative to the frame, said check mechanism comprising, in combination:

• a housing securable to one of the frame and the closure and having an opening;
• a check arm securable to the other one of the frame and the closure and extending into the opening;
• a pair of opposed guides within the housing and engaging opposite sides of the check arm, each of the guides has a generally V-shaped portion, in cross-section, engaging the check arm to generally form a line of contact between the guides and the check arm;
• spring members biasing the guides toward each other and the check arm;
• wherein the guides and the check arm are adapted to resist movement of the closure relative to the frame when the guides engage predetermined locations of the check arm;
• wherein the V-shaped portion of the guides engage opposed camming surfaces forming the predetermined locations such that movement of the closure relative to the frame is resisted when the generally V-shaped portion of the guides engages the predetermined locations;
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• wherein the spring members bias the generally V-shaped portion of the guides toward the camming surface in a direction perpendicular to the camming surface.