Abstract: A door stop which includes a bracket that is mountable on a face of a door and has an elongate leg pivotally connected adjacent one end thereof to the bracket. The leg has a laterally extending floor engagable foot on the other end thereof that slopes downwardly in a direction toward the floor and terminates in an edge that digs into the floor as the door is being force open. The leg is squeezingly engaged between a pair of grommets on the bracket which holds the leg is a raised position. A tension spring biases the foot from its raised position in a direction toward the floor. An actuator is mounted on the door and has a hand engagable portion disposed adjacent the door knob. The actuator is a rod that is reciprocally mounted on the door and spring biased to a neutral position. The rod upon being pushed downwardly engages and released the leg so that it is free to snap downwardly into its floor engaging door blocking position.

Abstract: In some aspects, the invention features a door stop. In some embodiments, the door stop can be used to lock doors open. The door stop can include a base having first and second contact surfaces. The base can be positionable in an open position. In the open position, the first contact surface can contact a door jamb, a first hinge plate, or both. In the open position, the second contact surface can contact a hinged edge of a door, a second hinge plate, or both. The base can include a third contact surface. The third contact surface can be configured to contact a frame stop when the base is positioned in the open position. The third contact surface can be generally perpendicular to the first contact surface.

Abstract: In some aspects, the invention features a door stop. In some embodiments, the door stop can be used to lock doors open. The door stop can include a base having first and second contact surfaces. The base can be positionable in an open position. In the open position, the first contact surface can contact a doorjamb, a first hinge plate, or both. In the open position, the second contact surface can contact a hinged edge of a door, a second hinge plate, or both. The base can include a third contact surface. The third contact surface can be configured to contact a frame stop when the base is positioned in the open position. The third contact surface can be generally perpendicular to the first contact surface.

Abstract: An apparatus for assisting handicapped people in opening doors. The apparatus is used primarily for individuals in wheelchairs, who typically have difficulty in opening doors. The apparatus has a long shaft with two ends, and has a handle attached to one end of the shaft. The other end of the shaft has both a wedge and a pull pin attached to it. The wedge is used to keep an opened door in an open stage by placement underneath the door in between the bottom of the door and a ground surface. The pull pin is used for placement behind a door handle to effectively “pull open” a door.

Abstract: An improvement for a doorstop is comprised of a structure including a base piece with a suitable cove in at least one side of the body of the base to straddle the end of the door at the bottom of said door, an upright with a shape suitable for grasping and visibility from both sides of a door affixed to the base, and suitable and properly distributed weight such that said structure stands adjacent to the end of an open door and holds said door in place.

Abstract: A signaling retention device that is configured to retain an element in a particular position and to emit an audible and/or visual signal. The signaling retention device may include a power source, memory, a central processing unit (CPU), sensor(s), audible indicator(s), light source(s), switch(es), camera(s), a transceiver, a microphone, impact tool(s), and aromatic element(s) and may be configured in the form of a character, such as a cartoon character or the like. The power source may be any suitable power source, such one or more batteries (rechargeable or non-rechargeable) or the like, and may be removable or non-removable. Similarly, the memory, CPU, audible indicator(s), light source(s), switch(es), camera(s), transceiver, microphone, impact tool(s), and aromatic element (s) may be any types well known in the art.

Abstract: A magnetic door stop/latch contains a first magnet mounted on or within a door and a second magnet mounted on or within a structure opposing the door, such as a wall, door jamb, door frame or baseboard. When the door is moving towards the opposing structure, the magnetic door stop may used to prevent the door from slamming into the opposing structure by virtue of the repulsive forces of the magnets. The magnetic door stop/latch may be switched from repulsive configuration to an attractive configuration that holds the door in position.

Abstract: A doorstop having a telescoping handle and a foot mounted at a lower end of the handle. The handle of the doorstop has a length that allows a user to insert the foot under a lower edge of a door and to remove the foot from under the lower edge without requiring the user to bend over.

Abstract: A latch assembly for releasably maintaining the drawer in a closed position with respect a drawer frame includes a latch guide attached to the interior surface of the front panel of the drawer. The latch guide has a guide channel defined therein, a latch member is slidably received. The latch member engages the drawer frame in its locked position and includes a body to which a spring is mounted for biasing the latch member upwardly into engagement with he drawer frame. The latch member has a ramp along which a slide member moves. The slide member is connected to a rod which, in turn, is connected to a drawer knob. When the knob is pulled forwardly, the latch member is moved downwardly against the force of the spring to disengage the latch member from the frame to enable the drawer to be opened.

Abstract: A safety door stopper for use in trip, including a wedge stopper block and a coupler member. The coupler member is used to fix the wedge stopper block under a lower edge of the door board. A bottom face of the wedge stopper block is disposed with an unsmooth face. When the wedge stopper block is fixed under the lower edge of the door board, the unsmooth face is able to enlarge the frictional coefficient between the door board and the ground and enlarge the frictional force. Therefore, the resistance against the door board is increased to make it difficult to push open the door board and ensure safety in trip.

Abstract: A doorstop including a doorjamb engaging portion, the doorjamb engaging portion having a wall portion, the wall portion having an inset portion, the wall portion having a padded portion; a door engaging portion, the door engaging portion having a stair-step edge and an opposing side, the stair-step edge having a plurality of rises and a plurality of runs, the opposing parallel side and plurality of rises form an expanse, the expanse ranging from one to two inches; and a movement control portion, the movement control portion being homogenous with the door jamb engaging portion and the door engaging portion.

Abstract: A metal holster for allowing a magnetic doorstop to be held in place so that the holster can be attached to handtrucks. The magnetic doorstop can be triangular wedge shaped with at least one exterior side portion having a magnetic surface. The holsters can be made from aluminum and have a metal portion inside for attracting the magnetic doorstop, or the holster can be completely made from a magnetically attractable metal. The holster can be rectangular box with an opening in one side, and a string bent tab inside for further keeping the doorstop within the box. The box can include a ledge portion such as a pin across the opening. An expandable clip allows the holster/box to be attached side legs and members of the handtruck. Another embodiment takes advantage of a pre-existing side leg and cross-member cavity in the handtruck.

Abstract: A doorstop system with an angled lower face comprising a top face in a rectangular configuration with long side edges and short front and rear edges, two side faces in a generally triangular configuration, each side face having a lower horizontal edge, a short vertical front edge, and a large generally vertical rear edge and an angled upper edge. Included is a five-sided front face with a horizontal upper edge and short vertical side edges and two angled lower edges, one lower edge being longer than the other lower edge; a five-sided rear face with a horizontal upper edge and long vertical side edges and two angled lower edges, one lower edge being longer than the other lower edge. Finally, two bottom faces are provided, each bottom face being in a rectangular configuration, one being larger than the other.

Abstract: The door stop comprises a stop block. One of the surfaces of the stop block has an angular recess therein with angular faces positioned at an acute angle with respect to the stop block surfaces. The stop block is configured to insert into the jamb when the door is opened and the angular faces engaged over the top corner of the hinge edge stile of the door to hold the door open. A handle is attached to the stop block so that it may be easily inserted and removed.

Abstract: An anti-theft device is constituted by an elongated rod of a width less than the gap between a window glass pane and a facing inner edge of a window sill for an automobile door interior panel. A shield plate is fixed to and extends radially outward to one side of the rod at a distal end, and a wedge is fixed to and extends alongside the rod adjacent the proximate end, with the wedge having a thickness greater than the width of the gap and tapering over its length to a tapered leading edge facing the trailing edge of the shield plate. By inserting the shield plate into the interior of the door within the gap and twisting the rod about the axis, the wedge is forced into frictional locking position between the inside of the window glass pane and the window sill, with the shield plate covering the door mechanism actuating lever.

Abstract: Lock assembly including a first locking device in two parts intended to be mounted on a door, and a second detachable locking device intended to be treaded from above on the two parts of the first locking device when the door is closed. One of the locking devices shows a projecting portion and the second locking device shows a recess cooresponding to the projecting portion with a cooresponding wedge-shape. The projecting portion shows an outward directed rim along the sides extending to its wedge-shaped tip, and the recess shows an inwards directed rim along the cooresponding sides. A faucet extends in a locked position through the projecting portion across the recess. The projecting portion shows a half-cylindric cavity and the faucet shows a half-cylindric section and is fit into the bottom of the half-cylindric cavity.

Abstract: A portable collapsible door stop and holsters for supporting door stops and for attaching the holsters to hand trucks. The preferred embodiment of the door stop includes two main rectangular plates hingedly attached to one another at one end. Third and fourth plates hingedly attach beneath one of the rectangular plates having their opposite ends which are received in recessed grooves in the upper surface of the other main rectangular plate. The collapsible door stop has a side mounted clip for holding the door stop in a shirt pocket. The holsters include open topped boxes wherein the angled portion of wedge shaped door stop are inserted therein. Hinges formed from coiled springs or bent metal strips compress and fixably hold the door stops inside of the box. Expandable side clips allow for the holsters to be attached to the legs and bars of a hand truck or dolly. The boxes can be sized to allow plural door stops to be positioned therein. The collapsible door stop and the holsters can be formed from aluminum.

Abstract: A door stop for mounting on a door hinge has an inverted U-shaped support and a base aligned substantially perpendicularly to the support. The can have at least three sides with an opening in the center for easy and confident handling. The door stop can be comprised of a single length of metal rod formed into the support and base portions. The base can be triangular in shape having three integrally connected sides. The sides can form a closed triangular base or can form a narrow resiliently expandable gap through which a carrying means can be urged into the opening of the base. A free end of the support portion extends below the base to improve balance when the door stop is mounted on a hinge and to incline the base when the door stop is placed on a floor surface for engagement with a lower portion of a door.

Abstract: A security wedge for use in connection with retaining a door in a position to prevent opening including a wedge member that has a plurality of retainer projections positioned on a bottom surface thereof. The projections are insertable into carpeting after the wedge has been placed under the door with the door closed so the wedge is prevented from slipping and the door cannot be opened unless it is broken down. A rubber cap can be placed on the bottom of the wedge for use on hard surface floors.

Abstract: A door stop assembly is adapted for introduction between the sliding door and the stationary door of a patio door assembly. The door stop assembly has a wedge block having an integrally formed wedge portion and block portion. A vertical shoulder abutment wall is formed on the block partition where it meets the rear end of the top surface of the wedge portion. A flat strip of spring steel is bent to form a top leg member and a bottom leg member that are oriented to each other at an acute angle and the bottom leg member is secured to the wedge block. The front section is positioned above the top surface of the wedge portion of the wedge block in a spaced relationship thereto. The middle section extends upwardly from the rear end of the front section and is spaced forwardly of the shoulder abutment wall. The rear section has a concave configuration along its longitudinal axis and it extends rearwardly from the top end of the middle section.

Abstract: A pivotal sliding bi-fold door structure mounted in a door frame having a track slidably accommodating the bi-fold door structure. The bi-fold door structure comprising at least two door panels pivotally connected by a hinge member. The improvement comprising a bi-fold door safety wedge including a main body structure. A pair of non-parallel edges on opposite sides of the main body structure facing away from each other and extending along the main body structure and nearly intersect to form a vertex at a front portion of the main body structure. Another edge extending between the non-parallel edges at a back portion of the main body structure. An elastic strap for removably elastically securing the main body structure to the hinge member, where the removable elastic securing strap has the characteristic of adjustably positioning the vertex of the main body structure in adjacency with the hinge member when the bi-fold door structure is in an open position.

Abstract: The present invention is for a portable two piece door stop which can be readily assembled and disassembled. The doorstop is made of a first wedge member having a longitudinal slot formed therein which receives an engagement head of the second back support member. The back support member is comprised of said engagement head formed at one end and at the opposite end a first and a second spur to prevent the assembled doorstop from sliding backwards should an abutting door attempt to be opened.

Abstract: A portable sliding window lock consists of a molded resilient triangular block having a suction cup securely fastened to its base. The suction cup is fastened to the base so that a jamming tapered tip on the triangular block is angled slightly toward the mounting surface. The portable sliding window lock is mounted on the vertical surface of a flat window pane adjacent the frame of a sliding window to intercept and jam the window frame with the sliding window partially open. This prevents forcing the partially open window any further open to gain access to an area. An optional feature includes an audible alarm mounted on the resilient triangular block which is set-off by a switch activated by force applied to a sliding glass window engaging the resilient triangular block. The audible alarm is activated by a contact switch, motion sensing switch or pressure switch embedded in the molded resilient triangular block.

Abstract: A portable doorstop is formed to a circular disk configuration so that the doorstop disk enjoys a stable positionment on the floor surface. The disk upper surface includes a conical surface portion centered on the disk central axis for wedge fit interaction with the lower edge of a door. The disk can be placed in any desired position in the path of the door because the conical surface achieves a wedge fit with the door no matter which area of the conical surface comes into contact with the door lower edge.

Abstract: A door stopper device comprising a central post having an upper component and a lower component formed of a rigid material, the lower extent of the upper component being linear and of a reduced diameter and the upper extent of the lower component being linear and of an enlarged diameter to receive the lower extent of the upper component; a U-shaped fork formed in the upper extent of the upper component, the fork being positioned vertically with respect to the door to be maintained closed with the adjacent component formed at an obtuse angle with respect thereto; a vertical foot formed at the lower end of the lower component; and spring-urged locking components coupling the area of overlap between upper and lower components.

Abstract: A closure device for a carton having a gable top. The device comprises a flanged cap including a pair of inner surfaces defining a longitudinal slot. The device further includes inclined side walls extending from the flanged cap and adapted to make a snug fit with the gable top. The device further includes front and rear walls contiguous with the inclined side walls and angled side walls adjacent the inclined side walls extending from the rear wall toward the front wall. The inclined side walls and angled side walls are spaced a distance apart to define a recess. The carton comprises a pair of vertical strips have an upper and lower edge, and inclined sidewalls extending outwardly and downwardly from the lower edge of the vertical strips. The strips have inner and outer surfaces. The inner surfaces of the strips are sealed together along their longitudinal length, so that when one end of the strips are pried apart, a pouring spout is formed for dispensing contents from the carton.

Abstract: A block generally in the form of a right, isosceles triangular prism has a hook attached to the block to extend beyond the apex of the prism so that the hook can be hung over a door hinge leaf next to the hinge barrel on the right or left side to brace the door open, the hook being attached to the block so that the hook can be retracted into the block when the door block is not in use.

Abstract: A safety device for hinged doors comprising a spring loaded wedge shaped stopper means. A bracket including a flat rectangular plate is attached to the front face along the edge near the hinge side of a hinged door at a sufficient height and out of reach from small children, by adhesive or other fastening means. A pair of opposing hinge walls are mounted orthogonally at the extremities on the front face of the rectangular plate. Said stopper means is hingedly attached to the rectangular plate by means of a hinge pin and a restoring spring. When the spring is not loaded, said stopper means is positioned naturally in an obtrusive manner in the front face gap near the hinge side created by the opening and closing of the hinged door, thereby preventing a partially opened door from being shut by small children who can accidently insert their fingers or other body parts into said gap.

Abstract: A door stop assembly is adapted for introduction between the sliding door and the stationery door of a patio door assembly. The door stop assembly has a wedge block having an integrally formed wedge portion and block portion. A vertical shoulder abutment wall is formed on the block partition where it meets the rear end of the top surface of the wedge portion. A flat strip of spring steel is bent to form a top leg member and a bottom leg member that are oriented to each other at an acute angle and the bottom leg member is secured to the wedge block. The front section is positioned above the top surface of the wedge portion of the wedge block in a spaced relationship thereto. The middle section extends upwardly from the rear end of the front section and is spaced forwardly of the shoulder abutment wall. The rear section has a concave curvature along its longitudinal axis and it extends rearwardly from the top end of the middle section.

Abstract: A device or structure for temporarily securing a door, which the occupant of a room (such as a motel or hotel room) can affix to secure the door from being opened from the outside, while the occupant is in the room. The apparatus may be carried in a briefcase or suitcase, it requires no modifications of the door or door frame, it does not mar any surfaces, it may be installed or removed quickly by the occupant and is economical to build.

Abstract: A door stop assembly adapted for introduction into the space between the lower edge of a door and the adjacent floor surface. It has a wedge shaped block whose top surface and bottom surface are oriented toward each other at an acute angle. A flat strip of spring steel has a top leg and a bottom leg that are bent back upon each other in an acute angle. The bottom leg is secured to the bottom surface of the wedge shaped block. The too leg of the spring has a slightly concave curvature that spaces its bottom surface from the top surface of the wedge shaped lock so that any pressure applied to the top surface of the top leg member adjacent its front end will transfer all that pressure directly to the rear edge of the top leg member and force it downwardly against the top surface of the wedge shaped block. There is also structure secured to the bottom surface of the wedge shaped block for preventing it from sliding with respect to a support surface upon which it would be placed adjacent the bottom edge of a door.

Abstract: A door security device comprising an elongated body member which has a head section at one end adapted for employment in proximity to a door, a reduced intermediate section, and a gripping section at the other end, adapted to engage the floor of the room into which the door opens. The gripping section is provided with a bottom facing having a downwardly depending stop adapted to engage the horizontal floor surface of the room in a gripping action and limit movement of the elongated body member upon the application of a horizontal force component through the head section. The head section comprises a generally vertical bumper face adapted to contact the door near the floor to provide a relatively shallow acute angle between the bumper face and the stop of the gripping section.

Abstract: A window wedge is used as a stop for a sliding type window such as a double hung window. The wedge has a strip of hook and loop material (VELCRO)(.TM.) on its base. A second strip of mating hook and loop material can be affixed to the stile of one window. The wedge can than be attached to the stile at any point along the second strip of hook and loop material such that the other window can only open to the point where it is stopped by the wedge. The wedge can be quickly and easily moved to a different point along the strip on the stile, changing the amount the window can be opened.

Abstract: A door stop is formed from a single flexible band of sheet metal which is symmetrical about a transverse center line and includes an arch shaped central section and two end portions. An underside of one end portion includes a high friction material while the underside of the other end portion is free from that material. The only engagement with the door is provided by the frictional engagement of a high friction material on a center section engaging the bottom edge of the door. The device can thus be used from either direction and provides a symmetrical force on the door preventing movement relative to the stop in either direction.

Abstract: A portable door lock having a base which can be attached to or inserted in a door jamb to extend therefrom into a room to be locked. An arm is attached to the base and is biased to a retracted postion where the door is free to swing open. The arm can be moved against the bias to a postion where the door is blocked from swinging open. A peg is used to lock the arm in this position. Thus, the lock prevents the door from being opened unless the peg is removed and the bias moves the arm back to the retracted postion.

Abstract: An enclosure comprising a container having a bottom, a sidewall attached to the bottom and terminating in an open end. The sidewall has an inner wall surface opposed to an outer wall surface. A closure member made complementary to the open end can be removably affixed thereto. The closure member provides a downwardly extending lip having an inner wall surface opposed to an outer wall surface, one of which slidably adjoins one of said inner and outer wall surfaces of the container wall when the closure member is mated respective to the container. A fixed locking member having an inclined rail thereon is attached to the outer wall surface. Also provided is a sliding locking member having an upper flange that bears against the top of the closure member and a lower rail engaging member of a size to receive the rail therewithin to thereby force the closure member toward the container bottom when the sliding locking member simultaneously engages the closure member and the fixed locking member.

Abstract: A portable handled door stop with an elongated rod, a handle a one end, and a wedge-shaped block at the other end of the rod. The rod extends for a length which is about equal to the distance between the user's hand in the lowermost position of the arm and the floor with the user in an upright position. A molded plastic one-piece construction formed with a cross section similar to an I-beam. A non-skid surface is provided on the base of the unit. A hook-shaped projection at the top end of the door stop enables it to be stored when not in use.

Abstract: A door stop for temporary installation at the base of a door, for preventing an intruder from pushing the door open. This novel door stop comprises a generally wedge-shaped device having first and second ends, with the first end of the wedge-shaped device having a narrow thickness dimension suitable for insertion under the door at a location remote from the door hinge. The second end of the wedge-shaped device has a substantially larger thickness dimension. A height adjustment device is operatively disposed on the second end of the wedge-shaped device, with this adjustment device enabling the effective height of the wedge-shaped device to be selectively increased by the user. In this way a substantial upward force can be applied under the door, thus to effectively anchor the wedge-shaped device to the underside of the door.

Abstract: A door security device which includes a pair of pivotably connected members with one of the members being provided with a plurality of angularly extending tapered prongs engagable with a carpet or other penetratable floor covering, and the other member including a surface which abuts the door to resist movement of the door. During transportation, the two pivotably connected members can be rotated towards each other and the tapered prongs covered to reduce the risk of injury to individuals handling the device, or damage to garments or other items which may be stored or transported with the device.

Abstract: A wedge shaped security door block having a door engaging side raked at a low angle with respect to a planar floor engaging side. A device is provided at the apex end of the wedge for manually and selectively truncating the wedge so that it can be used with doors of different thicknesses and doors hung at different spacings between the lower edge of the door and the floor. When the floor is uncarpeted, the door engaging side is preferably inclined at an angle between about 5 and 7 degrees with respect to the floor engaging side and when the floor is carpeted, the angle is preferably between about 7 and 10 degrees to prevent the lower edge of the door from passing over the wedge too far, or passing over it entirely.

Abstract: A resilient doorstop may be inexpensively manufactured to provide a door-engaging portion and a base portion interconnected with two or more serially connect, long, straight lengths of rod layer transverse to the door-engaging portion and having a length sufficient that the door-engaging portion may be substantially deformed in the direction of the base portion without exceeding the elastic limit of the rod. The resilient doorstep is preferably formed from a single, resilient, bent rod and includes a U-shaped portion with a central axis laying transverse to the central axis of the door-engaging portion to provide one or more long straight lenghts of rod, permitting deformation of the door-engaging portion toward the base portion through torsional deformation and urging the door-engaging portion away from the base portion through torsional resilience.

Abstract: A security stop for a door or the like is provided which will prevent the door from opening inward by unauthorized persons. The device can be easily set between the door and the threshold and can be easily removed and stored for transportation purposes. The device comprises a wedge-shaped member which is forced underneath the door and includes an inverted V-shaped frame which acts as a brace to assist in holding the wedge-shaped member.

Abstract: For maintaining a dead bolt lock handle in a locked position while the occupant of a room is inside of the room to prevent someone outside of the room unlocking the dead bolt lock, there is provided an elongated security member having a first end portion that mounts an adjustment member and a second end portion that is notched to have lock handle extend therethrough and form two legs. The adjustment member in abutting against the door serves to vary the angle of the legs relative to the door to wedgingly engage the cross bar in its locked position to prevent one exterior of the room using a key to unlock the lock. The second end portion may be directly abuttable against one of the lock housing and the door, or if necessary a spacer plate may be used to have extend between the security member and the door interior. The spacer plate has notches for the adjustment member and the lock handle to extend through.

Abstract: A wedge member usable as a door stop on a carpeted floor. Special triangular cross-sectioned grooves are formed in the lower face of the wedge member to bend and trap carpet pile yarns, whereby the wedge member is prevented from sliding out from beneath the door lower edge.

Abstract: A keyless lock for a window, sliding door and the like is provided and is in a wedge shaped configuration so as to fit between two parts of the window and sliding door to prevent opening thereof.

Abstract: A durable, resilient, hollow sealing wedge extending all along the entire width of a door comprises a solid outer body portion including three outwardly extending projections and an empty interior. When squeezed into the space between the door edge and the floor, the wedge provides a seal which prevents a floor stripping solution from passing to the floor area on the opposite side of the door.

Abstract: A portal lock is provided having an arm securable to a portable case and rotatably supporting a wedge member having four outwardly radiating legs. The legs are eccentric to and at substantially equal spacing about the axis of rotation of the wedge member.

Abstract: A security device. The device has a wedge to contact a door to prevent opening the door. An anchor is attached adjacent the door. A slot in the anchor is of predetermined length and width. A catch on the wedge has a limb extending from the wedge with a hook on the limb, remote from the wedge. The hook has a length and width less than the length and width of the slot in the anchor. To prevent opening of the door, the hook is engaged in the slot. Release of the wedge to enable opening of the door is achieved by moving the wedge so the hook portion lies along the slot and can be removed through the slot.

Abstract: A durable, resilient door wedge extending all along the entire width of the door is described. When squeezed into the space between the door edge and the floor, the wedge provides a seal thereby preventing a floor stripping solution from flowing onto floor area on the opposite side of the door.

Abstract: A locking device to arrest a displaceable member such as a door or window. The device comprises a stop member having a bottom wall and an angulated abutment wall extending thereabove. The abutment wall is inclined rearwardly from an end of the bottom wall. A fastener member is provided and has an adhesive to secure it to a substantially flat surface. A sliding connector is formed between the stop member and fastener member to removably interconnect them together.