DOORSTOP MEANS

• US 3,639,943 A
• Filed: 08/21/1969
• Issued: 02/08/1972
• Est. Priority Date: 09/06/1968
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Jean G. Cadiou
• Original Assignee: Jean G. Cadiou
• Inventors: Cadiou, Jean G.
• Primary Examiner(s): Zugel, Francis K.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Aschenbrenner, Peter A.
• Application Number:
  US04/851,993
• Time in Patent Office: 901 Days
• Field of Search: 16/82,85,144,141,147,145,146,139,178,179 312/272,300
• US Class Current: 16/377
• CPC Class Codes: E05C 17/28 with braking, clamping or securing means at the connection to the guide member

Abstract

This invention relates to a doorstop means particularly for a motor vehicle, and in which a draw rod is articulated at one end to the door upright by means of a pin that is substantially parallel to and spaced from the hinge pin and the door itself. The other end of the draw rod carries a finger movable in a slotted member secured to the door, the slot running parallel to the door plane but branching into two extensions of the end nearest the hinge pins, one extension curving inwardly towards the door but the other extension extending substantially perpendicularly to the door to form a catch in which the finger on the draw rod engages to lock the door in a fully open or an intermediate position.

Claims

1. Doorstop means for use particularly in connection with motor vehicle doors hinged by means of a pin for pivotal movement relatively to the vehicle body, said stop means comprising a draw rod hinged at one of its ends to the upright of the door by means of a pin substantially parallel to the door hinge pin, means associated with the door and formed with a slot comprising a slideway extending from a point furthest from the hinge pins towards said pins and forking into two extensions, one of which curves inwardly towards the door, and the other extension extending substantially perpendicular to the plane of the door and away therefrom to form a catch, said two extensions meeting in a beak-shaped portion pointing towards the end of said slot furthest from the pins and extending over said other extension, a finger connected to said draw rod adjacent its end remote from the hinge pins and arranged to be movable in said slot in a direction towards said extensions when the door is pivoted towards open position, and means urging said finger into said catch-forming extension when the door is partially open wherefore same is restrained from further movement, said finger and slot cooperating to allow said finger to move into the other of said extensions when same is released from said catch and the door is opened further and said beak-shaped portion serving upon closure of said door to allow the finger to pass over the catch without moving into it.

2. Doorstop means for use particularly in connection with motor vehicle doors hinged by means of a pin for pivotal movement relatively to the vehicle body, said stop means comprising a draw rod hinged at one of its ends to the upright of the door by means of a pin substantially parallel to the door hinge pin, means associated with the door and formed with a slot comprising a slideway extending from a point furthest from the hinge pins towards said pins and forking into two extensions, one of which curves inwardly towards the door, and the other extension extending substantially perpendicular to the plane of the door and away therefrom to form a catch, a finger connected to said draw rod adjacent its end remote from the hinge pins and arranged to be movable in said slot in a direction towards said extensions when the door is pivoted towards open position, and means urging said finger into said catch-forming extension when the door is partially open wherefore same is restrained from further movement, said finger and slot cooperating to allow said finger to move into the other of said extensions when same is released from said catch and the door is opened further, the respective pivot radii of said finger and catch being so arranged that said finger again enters said catch-forming extension under the influence of said finger-urging means when the door is fully open.