Self-aligning door stop
OwnerDavid L. Adrianinventor
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Abstract
A self-aligning door stop is taught that consists of a resilient cone shaped body having an apex, a rebated base with a major diameter selected to exceed spacing between a door and a floor upon which the door moves. The rebated base is configured to permit the door stop body to roll into a horizontal position when dropped in proximity of the door. When the door stop is on the floor in any orientation and the door is opened the door stop automatically rolls in the space between the door and the floor thereby self-aligning the door stop. Increasing the door movement retains the door in the desired open position.
Claims19
A self-aligning door stop which comprises, a resilient cone shaped body having an apex with a diameter less than a space between a door and a floor, and a rebated base with a major diameter selected to exceed spacing between the door and the floor upon which the door travels above, said rebated base permits the body to roll into a horizontal position when dropped in proximity of the door, such that it is unnecessary to manually place the door stop in the space between the door and the floor, therefore when the door stop is dropped in any orientation and the door is opened felling the door stop in rolls into the space between the door and the floor thereby self-aligning the door stop utilizing the door movement until the door stop makes contact between the door and the floor thereby compressing the body and retaining the door in a desired open position.
A self-aligning door stop which comprises,
- a cone shaped body having an apex and a rebated base having a major diameter selected to exceed spacing between a door and a floor upon which the door upon which the door travels above, and the apex having a diameter less than a space between the door and the floor,
- said body formed of a resilient material such that when the body is compressed between the door and the floor the door will not be able to move from a retained position, and
- said rebated base permits the body to roll into a horizontal position when dropped by a user in proximity of the door, such that it is unnecessary to manually place the door stop in the space between the door and the floor, therefore when the door stop is dropped in any orientation and the door is opened the door stop rolls into the space between the door and the floor thereby self-aligning the door stop utilizing the door movement until the door stop makes contact between the door and the floor thereby compressing the body and retaining the door in a desired open position, however when the door stop falls away from the door the door stop may be nudged closer to the edge of the door allowing the door stop to self align.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.