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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8118336 | Door stop A doorstop includes a flange connected to a floor contacting portion. The flange is deflectable under transverse pressure. During operation, a door-engaging end portion of the flange contacts a vertical face of a door. Upon deflection, the end portion drops below th... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8042846 | Door wedge apparatus A wedge apparatus includes a first wedge member and a second wedge member. A pivot pin is interconnected between a front end of the first wedge member and a front end of the second wedge member. A compressible spring is interconnected between the first wedge member ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7976080 | Doorstop with releasably securable handle A doorstop has a foot coupled to a lower end of a 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. The handle ... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7506905 | Firefighter wedge A wedge for securing in an open position a hinged door having opposite faces and an edge between the faces. The wedge is luminescent and includes a bottom surface, a top surface at an acute angle to the bottom surface, and a pair of opposite side surfaces extending ... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7374213 | Security door stop 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,... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7261344 | Doorman 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 ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7234202 | Semiautomatic finger protection device for doors The present discloses a semiautomatic finger protection device, which comprising a bumper positioned between an outer surface of the door and an doorpost when the door is closed, and positioned in a gap on the hinge side of the door when the door is opened; a securi... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7210320 | Lock guard system A lock guard system for efficiently securing a dead bolt lock mechanism from outside access. The lock guard system includes a stop member comprised of a base including an upper slot and a plate that includes a lower slot for receiving a sleeve and fastener. The stop... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7137655 | Door security brace A security brace for impeding forced entry into a room through an entry door. The brace comprises a plurality of elongated pole members with foot members secured at a first end of the pole member, and a block member operatively coupled to a second end of the pole me... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7065830 | Door stop A door stop is provided for retaining a door in a user selected position. The door stop includes a support connectable to the door adjacent the bottom thereof and a stop member pivotably connected to the support. The stop member is pivotable between a first retracte... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7017959 | Portable security device for doors A portable door locking device. In one embodiment, a door lock may include a base plate configured with a locking wedge and a driver wedge. The base plate may be formed in a U-shaped fashion, thus defining a cut-out region sized to receive the locking and driver wed... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7014229 | Door stop and holder apparatus A door stop and holder apparatus (10) including a generally wedge shaped stop member (20) connected by a tether member (50) to a hollow receptacle member (40) the rear face (41) of which is affixed to a door (100) and the fr... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6948214 | Removable door check device A removable door check device for use for use with a door hinge for holding a vehicle door in an opened position. The removable door check device includes a body, a first contact element extending from the body and having a first contacting surface, and a second con... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6941776 | Locking case A locking case is provided including a base portion and a lid portion rotatably engaged to the base portion. A locking mechanism is mounted on the lid portion and extends therethrough. The locking mechanism includes a cam member having first and second surfaces, and... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6727805 | Signaling retention device 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 indicato... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6588811 | Reversible magnetic door stop/latch 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 structu... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6557915 | Portable doorstop with ergonomic advantages 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 req... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6431616 | Child safety latch assembly 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 ... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6345849 | Safety door stopper 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 unsmo... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6345413 | Doorstop device and method of use 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-st... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6135516 | Magnetic doorstops and handtruck holsters 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 ca... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6041473 | Doorstop system with an angled lower face 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 ... | 03/28/2000 |
| 6003911 | Door stop 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 th... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5988712 | Insertable motor vehicle anti-theft device 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... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5941102 | Lock assembly 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... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5769437 | Handtruck holsters for door stops and clipboards 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 fo... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5711557 | Door stop 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 b... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5711560 | Door security wedge 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... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5697656 | Door stop assembly 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 ... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5680675 | Bi-Fold door safety wedge 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 compri... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5601320 | Two piece portable doorstop 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 suppor... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5552768 | Portable window wedge with alarm 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 ... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5544386 | Door stopper device 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 li... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5518173 | Reusable closure device for cartons having gable tops 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... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5511837 | Door block for emergency use 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 th... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5509235 | Safety device for hinged doors 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 ... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5468032 | Door stop assembly 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 ... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5415444 | Portable door lock 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 brief... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5368349 | Door stop assembly 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 o... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5340173 | Door security device 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 ... | 08/23/1994 |
