Door hinge mounted container holder

• US 6,658,696 B2
• Filed: 01/09/2002
• Issued: 12/09/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 01/09/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Louis Nick Buckelew
• Original Assignee: Louis Nick Buckelew
• Inventors: Buckelew, Louis Nick
• Primary Examiner(s): Estremsky, Gary
• Assistant Examiner(s): WILLIAMS, MARK A
• Application Number:
  US10/043,966
• Publication Number:
  US 20020056172A1
• Time in Patent Office: 699 Days
• Field of Search: 162/23, 162/52, 162/53, 16/82, 16/86.R, 16/86.A, 16/86.B, 163/55, 163/56, 211/119.004, 220/475, 220/509, 220/737
• US Class Current: 16/82
• CPC Class Codes: E05D 11/00 Additional features or accessories of hinges edge protecting devices E06B3/88
• 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

Abstract

A door hinge mounted container holder. A body portion is adapted to loosely receive a container such as a spray can of mace. The body portion is adapted for attachment to a door hinge, and preferably includes a pair of door stops to prevent the door from opening so far that a person cannot easily access the container.

Claims

1. A door hinge mounted container holder assembly, comprising:

a container for containing a repelling substance;

a body having a wall portion formed into a substantially cylindrical, hollow shape with open ends, wherein one of said open ends of said wall portion includes a lip extending inwardly from said wall portion, said container adapted to rest on said lip; and

an attachment member extending from said body portion and attached to the door hinge.

2. The assembly of claim 1, further comprising at least one door stop extending from said body for stopping the door when it is opened.

3. The assembly of claim 1, comprising a pair of stops extending from said container for making contact with a door and a door jamb, respectively, to which the hinge is attached.

4. A door hinge mounted container holder mounted to a hinge assembly for a door, the hinge assembly having two hinge portions for attachment to the door and to a door jamb, respectively, and a hinge pin forming a pin joint for said hinge portions, the holder comprising:

a tubular body defining an elongate axis for receiving the container along said axis;

a tab extending from said body and having an aperture therethrough for receiving the hinge pin along the same direction as said axis; and

a first door stop having a threaded member and adapted for making contact with one of the door and the doorjamb as a result of opening the door, wherein said body includes a first threaded aperture for threadably receiving said member so that the position of said first door stop is radially adjustable, to vary the position at which the door is stopped wherein said first threaded aperture is through a lower portion of said body when said body is mounted to the hinge assembly, so that said threaded member provides a surface to support the container.

5. The holder of claim 4, further comprising a second door stop having a threaded member, wherein said body includes a second threaded aperture for threadably receiving said member of said second door stop so that the position of said second door stop is radially adjustable, wherein said door is stopped by one of said first and second door stops making contact with the door and the other of said first and second door stops making contact with the door jamb.

6. The holder of claim 5, wherein said first door stop is received by said body along a first radial axis, and wherein said second door stop is received by said body along a second radial axis that is substantially perpendicular to said first radial axis.

7. A door hinge mounted container holder mounted to a hinge assembly for a door, comprising:

a body having a wall portion formed into a substantially cylindrical, hollow shape with open ends, wherein one of said open ends of said wall portion includes a lip extending inwardly from said wall portion, the container adapted to rest on said lip; and

a tab extending from said body portion and having an aperture therethrough for alignment with an aperture in the door hinge so that a pin can be inserted into said apertures to mount said holder on the door hinge.

8. The holder of claim 7, comprising at least one door stop extending from said body for stopping the door when it is opened.

9. The holder of claim 7, comprising a pair of door stops extending from said body for making contact with a door and a door jamb, respectively to which the hinge is attached.