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US 7,024,726 B1Granted
Rotating door stop and method of use
OwnerTrace D. Cornellinventor
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Abstract
A rotating door stop includes a base member which is mounted to a baseboard or other structure. A stop member is connected to the base member so that the stop member freely rotates about its longitudinal axis with respect to the base member. Because the stop member rotates, it cannot be grasped and unscrewed by a child.
Claims17
A door stop, comprising:
- a base member;
- a stop member having a longitudinal axis;
- said stop member connected to said base member so that said stop member may freely rotate with respect to said base member about said longitudinal axis:
- said base member having a disk;
- said stop member having:
- a cavity shaped and dimensioned to receive said disk of said base member;
- a lip for selectively capturing said disk;
- a compression mechanism for selectively placing said lip in an expanded state or a compressed state;
- and,
- wherein with said lip in said expanded state said disk may be passed though said lip and received by said cavity, and said compression mechanism may then be utilized to place said lip in said compressed state wherein said disk is captured by said lip and held within said cavity thereby rotatably connecting said stop member to said base member.
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A door stop, comprising:
- a base member having a disk;
- a stop member having:
- a longitudinal axis;
- a cavity shaped and dimensioned to receive said disk of said base member, wherein when so received said stop member may freely rotate about said longitudinal axis;
- a lip for selectively capturing said disk;
- a compression mechanism for selectively placing said lip in an expanded state or a compressed state;
- and,
- wherein with said lip in said expanded state said disk may be passed though said lip and received by said cavity, and said compression mechanism may then be utilized to place said lip in said compressed state wherein said disk is captured by said lip and held within said cavity thereby rotatably connecting said stop member to said base member.
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A method for installing a door stop, comprising:
- (a) providing a baseboard;
- (b) providing a door stop including:
- a base member having a disk;
- a stop member having:
- a longitudinal axis;
- a cavity shaped and dimensioned to receive said disk of said base member, wherein when so received said stop member may freely rotate about said longitudinal axis;
- a lip for selectively capturing said disk;
- a compression mechanism for selectively placing said lip in an expanded state or a compressed state;
- (c) attaching said base member to said baseboard;
- (d) placing said lip in said expanded state;
- (e) passing said disk through said lip and into said cavity;
- and,
- (f) using said compression mechanism to place said lip in said compressed state wherein said disk is captured by said lip, wherein said stop member is rotatably connected to said base member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.