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T. BANNER.

DOOR SECURER.

v APPLICATION FILED SEPT- 30. 1918.

1,31 ,223, Y PatentedSept. 16, 1919.

173g. 2. 21%.l. J m W I INVENTOR,

WITNESSES v BY 1 M -k W I I ATTORIIJEY UNITED STATES 1 DFFICE- THEODORE DANNER, orivringronyonneom nooa-sncnann;

Specification of Letterslatent.

P ten d S nt-1e 1919- Application filed September 30, 1918. Serial No. 256,257..

' device of this character capable of ready application to a door which has either a rim lock or a mortise lock. These devices, as is well known, are usually carried by traveling men and employed for locking the doorsof rooms in hotels and other questionable apartments, where the door lock is defective or suspicious, or minus a key and these devices become highly useful if the operator has money with him, or perhaps carries valuable goods in his grip. There are door securers which embed the wood of the frame and the edge of the door, between which elements they are inserted; but it is the purpose of my present invention to produce a device of this kind which does not injure the woodwork a-nd which is yet applicable to the parts of either look as mentioned above.

Details are set forth below, and reference is made to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a plan view of this device showing the parts at one end thereof in use on a door which has a mortise lock,

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the parts at the other end of the device in-use on a door which has a rim lock.

Fig. .3 isa side view of the parts with its various members swung out of alinement" with each other to afiord better illustration.

I prefer to make this device double-ended, the shank of the structure at one end extending into and preferably being pivotally connected with the shank of the structure at the other end. The parts at one end are adapted for use on a mortise lock and those at the other end for use on a rim lock. However, it will be shown that the structure of the first named parts is such that they might be used on a rim lock. The entire device is so small that it may be folded and carried in the pocket, or in the grip. It is made of strap metal preferably nickeled to give it a neat appearance and to prevent rust, and the exact proportions and details are not important. I have used letters to indicate the door D, the jamb J with its door-stop. S, the

casingiQ, andlthe trimT. There is supposed to be; a lock within thedoor :D of Fig. 1, but this view'illu'strates a mortise as indicated atMxand a keeper plated? which is engaged by the'bOlt of :the look when pro- ]ected; A rim lockisiindicated atL in Fig.

2, and .itsbolt Ewhen projected will engage .a

keeper K as shown. No novelty is-olaimed for the parts thus far described. The shank 1 of the. door securer shown in Fig. 1 is a straight bar having a right-angularv hook 2 at its inner end, a slot 3 in itsbody, a series of holes 4 in said body farther to the rear, and'its rear end bent as at 5. Against one sidefofsaid shank lies a fiat leg 'fihavinga slot?- in'its body and'an outturned foot at its inner 'end'as at 8, rear. end preferably be ng notched as at 9; Pivotedat 10 to this leg isia button 11 having anroperating knob '12 and at its free end a pin 13 which moves in said notch 9 from side to side and is adapted to be engaged with one of the holes 4' to the shank 1. Connecting the leg and the' shank and passing through the slots therein is a bolt' 1 1 having a thumb-nut 15 screwed thereon as'b'est seen in Fig. 1. Lying against the other side of'th'e' shank 1 is another leg 16 which may have itsbody the legs 6 and 16 being swung on said bolt as a pivot. The door D now being opened the operator places the hook 2 within the mortise M and the shank 1 alongside the keeper plate P, then he closes the door, and finally he swings the legs until the foot 18 stands between the shank and the trim T and the foot 8 lies against the face of the door; and then he sets up the thumb-nut tightly. The door is now securely fastened,

whether the bolt of the lock be shot or not, and in fact whether the lock is in order or has any bolt at all, so long as there is a mortise M within the casin C.

The structure at the other end of the device is much the same in some particulars, and yet adapted to a diflerent use. Here the shank 21 ('whose rear end may be pivoted at 20 to the bend 5 of the first-named shank) has a hook 22 at its inner end adapted to engage within the keeper K of a rim lock as shown. Alongside this shank stands a link 26 having a foot 28 at its inner end, and along the opposite side another leg 36 having a foot 38 at its inner end, a bolt 24 passing through both legs and receiving a thumb-nut 25. This bolt between the legs passes through a slot in the shank 21, which slot may open out the edge thereof as seen in Fig. 3, and therefore might be said to be a notch as indicated at 23. lVhen the thumbnut is loosened, it is obvious that the two legs can be moved out of alinement with the shank, but at their rear ends they are pivoted thereto as at 30. Thus the parts have not the longitudinal adjustment upon each other which is possessed by the type of my invention shown in Fig. 1, but they are capable of use as I will now describe.

When this end of the device is applied to a door having a rim lock, the nut is loosened and the legs swung aside, the door D is opened, the hook 22 passed into the keeper K as shown in Fig. -2,'the door closed, the legs swung back into place and the bolt 24 dropped into the slot or notch 28, and the thumb-nut 25 reset. The foot 28 now bears against the lock L and the foot 38 against the face of the keeper, but the door D can not be swung open so long as the keeper remains screwed to the casing C. Therefore this device fastens the door whether the lock bolt is projected or not, and whether, in fact, it can be projected, as its safety and utility depend on the presence and rigidity of the keeper.

What is claimed as new is 1. In a door securer, the combination with a. straight shank having a right-angular hook at its inner end and a longitudinal slot in its body, a pair of legs lying against opposite sides of said shank and having outturned feet at their inner ends, their bodies having slots, a bolt through all said slots,

and a thumb-nut on said belt; of a button pivoted to the rear end of one leg and movable over the outer face thereof, the outer extremity of this leg being notched and the shank having a series of holes in its body, and a pin at the free end of said button passing through said notch and adapted to enter one of said holes, for the purpose set forth.

2. In a door seourer, the combination with a straight shank having an angular hook at its inner end and a longitudinal slot, a leg lying against one side of said shank and having an outturned foot at its inner end, its body having a slot, a bolt passing through said slots and a thumb nut on said bolt, of a button pivoted to the rear end of said leg and movable over the outer face thereof, the outer extremity of said leg being notched and the shank having a series of holes in its body, and a pin at the free end of said button passing through said notch and adapted to enter one of said holes, for the purposes set forth.

3. In a door securer, the combination with a straight shank having a hook at its inner end, a leg lying against one side of said shank and having an outturned foot at inner end, means for guiding said leg in movement upon said shank, of a button pivoted to the rear end of said leg, and movable over the outer face thereof, the outer extremity of said leg being notched and the shank having a series of holes in its body, and a pin at the free end of said button pass ing through said notch and adapted to enter one of said holes for the purposes set forth. 7 I

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THEODORE BANNER.

Witnesses Gno. A. PRICE, T. G. FRAZIER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

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