Unitary and stationary door stop with movable stop portion

• US 4,829,629 A
• Filed: 12/28/1987
• Issued: 05/16/1989
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/1987
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Dean Van Guilder
• Original Assignee: Dean Van Guilder
• Inventors: Van Guilder, Dean
• Primary Examiner(s): Silverberg, Fred A.
• Application Number:
  US07/137,934
• Time in Patent Office: 505 Days
• Field of Search: 16/82, 16/85, 16/86 R, 16/86 A, 16/86 B, 16/86 C, 292/DIG. 15
• US Class Current: 16/85
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 5/06 Buffers or stops limiting opening of swinging wings, e.g. floor or wall stopsE05F5/02 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2900/132 Doors
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 292/17 Hinge edge latches

Abstract

A door stop device for limiting the maximum extent to which a hinged or pivoted door secured on a door jamb cam be opened comprises a unitary strip of memory retaining material having a base portion for being secured against said door, and a stop portion extending at an obtuse angle therefrom and away from said door for contacting tacting said door jamb when said door is opened.

Claims

1. A door stop device for limiting the maximum extent to which a hinged or pivoted door secured on a door jamb can be opened comprising:

a unitary strip of memory retaining material having a base portion having a longitudinal axis for being secured on said door in a stationary position relative to said door, and a movable stop portion extending at an obtuse angle therefrom and away from said door for contacting said door jamb when said door is opened, said stop portion terminating in a movable end, said stop portion and said movable end being free to move relative to and nonrotatably along said longitudinal axis of said base portion when stop portion is urged against said door jamb when said door is opened.

2. The device of claim 1 wherein said stop portion includes a shoulder extending from said base portion for contacting said door stop and a return portion extending from said shoulder to said movable end.

3. The device of claim 2 wherein said base portion includes a bottom surface for being secured against said door and an upper surface, and wherein said return portion substantially extends to said upper surface.

4. The device of claim 3 wherein said base portion is substantially flat and extends along a first plane.

5. The device of claim 4 wherein said return portion includes an end portion opposite said shoulder, said end portion being substantially flat and lying along a second plane substantially parallel with said first plane.

6. The device of claim 1 including means for securing said base portion to said door.

7. The device of claim 1 wherein said base portion includes a plurality of holes therethrough.

8. The device of claim 4 having a base portion end on said base portion opposite said stop portion and a cover member for being secured over both said movable end and said base portion end.

9. The device of claim 5 wherein said end portion overlies a portion of the upper surface of said base portion and, wherein said end portion is movable along said second plane.

10. The device of claim 4 wherein said return portion extends between said stop portion and said base portion along a third plane forming an obtuse angle with said first plane and extending from said stop portion at an acute angle.

11. The device of claim 1 wherein said shoulder includes a substantially flat shoulder section for contacting said door jamb said door is opened.

12. The device of claim 11 wherein said flat shoulder section extends along a fourth plane lying in said obtuse angle.

13. The device of claim 1 wherein said material is spring steel.

14. In combination a door hingedly or pivotally secured in a door jamb, and a device of claim 1 secured to said door adjacent the edge of said door secured to said jamb.

15. The combination of claim 14 wherein said device is secured adjacent the bottom edge of said door.

16. A door stop device for limiting the maximum extent to which a hinged or pivoted door secured on a door jamb can be opened comprising:

a unitary strip of memory retaining material having a base portion portion having a longitudinal axis for being immovably secured on said door in a stationary position relative to said door, a shoulder portion extending at an obtuse angle from said base portion and away from said door, and a return portion extending from said shoulder portion toward said base portion and terminating in a movable end, wherein said shoulder portion and said return portion are movable relative to and nonrotatably along said longitudinal axis of said base portion when said shoulder portion is urged against said door jamb when said door is opened.

17. A door stop apparatus for limiting the maximum extent to which a hinged or pivoted door secured on a door jamb can be opened comprising:

a first unitary strip of memory retaining material having a base portion having a longitudinal axis for being secured adjacent said door in a stationary position, and a movable stop portion extending at an obtuse angle from said base portion and away from said door and terminating in a movable end, whereby said stop portion and said movable end are free to move relative to and nonrotatably along said longitudinal axis of said base portion, and

a second unitary strip of memory retaining material having a base portion for being secured in a stationary position to said door, between said base portion of said first unitary strip and said door, and a shoulder portion extending at an obtuse angle from said base portion and away from said door for contacting said door jamb then said door is opened, said shoulder portion being free to move relative to said base portion.