# US 8,539,641 B2 · Door stop for sliding doors

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- Number: US 8,539,641 B2
- Document ID: US8539641B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 13/431,930
- Filed: 2012-03-27
- Published: 2012-10-04
- Granted: 2013-09-24
- Earliest claimed: 2011-03-29
- Assignees: Glenn Bartholomew
- Applicants: Glenn W. Bartholomew
- Inventors: Glenn W. Bartholomew
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8539641B2

## CPC

- E05F 5/06: Buffers {or stops limiting opening of swinging wings, e.g. floor or wall stops}(E05F5/02 takes precedence)
- E05F 5/003: {for sliding wings (Fasteners specially adapted for holding sliding wings open E05D13/04)}
- E05Y 2201/218: Holders
- Y10T 29/49826: Assembling or joining
- E05F: DEVICES FOR MOVING WINGS INTO OPEN OR CLOSED POSITION; CHECKS FOR WINGS; WING FITTINGS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, CONCERNED WITH THE FUNCTIONING OF THE WING
- E05Y: INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES E05D AND E05F, RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, ELECTRIC CONTROL, POWER SUPPLY, POWER SIGNAL OR TRANSMISSION, USER INTERFACES, MOUNTING OR COUPLING, DETAILS, ACCESSORIES, AUXILIARY OPERATIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, APPLICATION THEREOF
- Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION

## Abstract

A door stop for a sliding door includes rounded channel with a ball sliding into the rounded channel to hold a sliding door in place. The device of the present invention is smaller than conventional devices and, thus, minimize the hazard to horses getting lacerations from the larger sized conventional door holders. The device of the present invention is provided as a two-piece kit, the first piece fitting on the siding door and the second piece fitting on a wall, such that the first and second pieces fit together when the sliding door is closed, holding and/or stopping the door in place.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A door stop for a sliding door, comprising:
a ball member including a ball attached on one end of an angle member having at least one countersunk hole; and
a channel member including a plate having at least one hole and a channel attached having a first end and a second end, the first end has a straight edge and the second end has an angled edge,
wherein the ball of the ball member slides into the channel of the channel member when the sliding door is closed, holding or stopping a door in place.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The door stop of claim 1, wherein the ball member is adapted to attach to the sliding door and the channel member is adapted to attach to a wall adjacent to the sliding door.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The door stop of claim 1, wherein the angle member is an L-shaped plate having one side shorter than the other with the ball attached to the short side of the L-shaped plate.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The door stop of claim 1, wherein the channel is a pipe.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The door stop of claim 1, wherein the pipe is cut at an angle at one side thereof.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The door stop of claim 1, wherein the ball member has two counter-sunk holes formed therethrough.

### Claim 7 (depends on 2)

The door stop of claim 2, wherein the channel member has two holes formed therethrough.

### Claim 8

A method for keeping a sliding door closed, the method comprising:
attaching a ball member, having a ball attached on one end thereof, to a sliding door;
attaching a channel member, having a channel formed on one side thereof, to a wall adjacent to the sliding door; and
closing the sliding door to cause the ball of the ball member to slide into the channel of the channel member to keep the sliding door closed, holding or stopping a door in place.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The method of claim 8, wherein an L-shaped plate having one side shorter than the other forms the ball member, with the ball attached to a short side of the L-shaped plate.

### Claim 10 (depends on 8)

The method of claim 8, wherein the channel is a pipe.