No slam door guard and method of use thereof
OwnerFred Hutchison Earp, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
A guard for and method of preventing household doors from slamming shut when excessive force is used while closing is disclosed. The guard includes a padded body and an attachment mechanism for hanging the guard from a door knob in a manner that allows the guard to swing freely with respect to the door knob. In some embodiments, the guard can include certain electronics to indicate and/or store “door slam events.”
Claims24
A guard for preventing a household door from slamming shut when excessive force is used to close the household door, comprising:
- a padded body comprising a first end for positioning in proximity to a door knob of the household door and a second end opposite the first end for positioning away from the door knob, wherein the padded body comprises an exterior body housing an interior pad, wherein the interior pad extends substantially an entire length between the first end and the second end and comprises a substantially uniform thickness along its entire length, wherein the thickness extends from a front surface of the interior pad facing away from the household door to an opposing back surface of the interior pad facing the household door;
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- an attachment mechanism integrated into the first end of the padded body for hanging the padded body from the door knob of the household door in a manner that allows the padded body to swing freely with respect to the door knob;
- wherein when the padded body is hung from the door knob of the household door via the attachment mechanism and excessive force is used to close the household door, centrifugal force causes the padded body to swing between the edge of the household door and door jamb to prevent the household door from slamming shut.
A method of preventing a household door from slamming shut when excessive force is used to close the household door, comprising:
- providing a guard for preventing the household door from slamming shut when excessive force is used to close the household door, the guard comprising:
- a padded body comprising a first end for positioning in proximity to a door knob of the household door and a second end opposite the first end for positioning away from the door knob, wherein the padded body comprises an exterior body housing an interior pad, wherein the interior pad extends substantially an entire length between the first end and the second end and comprises a substantially uniform thickness along its entire length, wherein the thickness extends from a front surface of the interior pad facing away from the household door to an opposing back surface of the interior pad facing the household door;
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- an attachment mechanism integrated into the first end of the padded body for hanging the padded body from the door knob of the household door in a manner that allows the padded body to swing freely with respect to the door knob;
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- instructing a purchaser of the guard to hang the guard on an exterior door knob of a household door of the purchaser;
- wherein when the padded body is hung from the door knob of the household door of the purchaser via the attachment mechanism and excessive force is used to close the household door, centrifugal force causes the padded body to swing between the edge of the household door and door jamb to prevent the household door from slamming shut, thereby preventing the household door from slamming shut when excessive force is used to close the household door.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.