US1833773A - Door holder - Google Patents

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NOV. 24, 1931. v I 5, v BROOK$ I 1,833,773

noon HOLDER Filed oct. 7, 1930 INVENTOR Vz'ciozLBi'ooks' ATTORNEYS Patented Nov. 24, 1931 SHIRLEY vIe'r oR BROOKS, oFj EAST oRAiven, aswgmqsm, n s nej jmjismsoa i on wEsT ORANGEy NEW-JEBS EY, Agoon r o-lm-j 1 MANUFACTURING COMPANY, 11m, 'TION OF DELAWARE "DooRliIoLD ER V Application filed October 7, 1939; seal ir -487,048.

The invention has for one of its objects to provide a door holder which is strongand' durable while inexpensive to manufacture and one which maybe placed under low swung doors. The construction and arrange ment of the parts is such that the door holder may be used with the greatest facility and with the least inconvenience;

Another object of the invention is topro vide a door holder with aQflat even base .with rounded edges; which; offersno sharp contacts to scratchfioors, or to'tearany floor I covering upon which the door holder may be placed. The extent of the area of the base i 15' and the evenness of the contact of the: base with the floor afi'ords a max mum resistance against the floorfand greatly assists the door holder to resist the swinging pressure of the door.

Still another object of the'invention is i provide a. wire stem which is mounted on the base to give a constant upward pressure against the bottom of the door, thewirestem being preferably return bent to provide double wire surface at the door to afford ad'- 1 ditional resistance against movement o f the- The wire stem is preferably reslllent door. and is held resiliently upward byits connection with the base which prevents :a rigid contact of the wire stem with the door and avoids damage to aveneered surface of the i door. The wire stem may also be'bent relatively tothe base for purposes of adjustment. A further object of the invention is topro vide the wire stem witha coating to increase by adding" tothe efliciency of the doorjholder.

provide the base withv an opening in which the end of t-hewireistem may be pressed,- which permits the bodyofthe Wire stem to move closer to the base than would otherwise be the case; the opening. also serving as a" means for hanging the'door holder on "a key in thedoor, or on any hook or other member.

Additional objects of the invention will appear in the following specification in which i the preferred form of the invention described.

In the drawings similar reference characters referto similar parts in alli the .nne12 2 of Figurel and a pe s eeev 'ieweme ing 7 thedoor holder a'sjapp'lied toadoor,

Figure 2 is an enlarged;sectional viewfon 2 covering without damageitothe latterlf On to the central portion ofjthe return" bentwirje; f stem and these diverging portions 9 are'en:

end of thebase5, the terminals ,11 of-the wire stem beingvreturn bent so that they will V be disposed at-fthe sides of central portions. V V 7 of thewire stem andsubstantiallyparallelv- Closed y siover themthekedges 10 at" r Z r "the endof theibase 5.1 This serv to hold.

diverging portions9] of the wire stem atthe v therewith, this beingfsho-wnf in Figure 3 of; friction against the bottom of the door t-herethe drawings The saidjterminals' 1110f the r the-sides 12 'ofthebase 5'over the said termiporti'ons fof the sides 12 of the base and g the j -wire stenffi are held imposition by. bending Still another objectof the invention is to? V I e g -n'als1-l sothatthe -terminals 11of thelwire stemwill beheld in positionbylthebent over f diverging portions}? ofthewire stenrwill p g be held relatively to the base 5 by the bentfq over portions at the end of the base. ln this; way the centra'l'portioni ofthe wirefstem- V. will beheld in adjusted position, inasmuch. '1 as. this wire stein 6 is of;a resilient character:

and will'tend to' remain in the'po'sition to j: this base there is m unteaa wire fste'm6,;the15 wire "stein being return bent at 7 the end" of which is adapted forIdisposal in an"opening l '8 in the'base5 which permits the return bent V portion? of the wire stemfito be disposed inl U close proximity to the'fbase 5 as the door holder is slipped under "a doorjpreferably the pressureof the foot downwardlyagains'tj V 1 j the return bent-portion"!- ofjthe wirestemt' j f The return'bentiportion 7 of the wireiste'm 4 diverges at 9' substantially at rightangles I spend with the bent over portion ofthe base ,5

toharmonize-therewith and also to -make both ends as Well as both sides, of the base rounded and prevent any engagement'with v 5, the floor or floor covering, which would be; 1

injuriousito the latter.

l Preferably th" Central. portlon i'.of the' Wirelstem is finished-With a frictional materialwhich Will prevent the said vcentral por- 1V0 ti'ono'fthewi restenr from slipping beneath I -the bottoinof the deer after adjustment." 'f Preferably the said central portion '7 off the w 'wire'stem, as Well'as the top and the bent over" sides of the base 5, "are finished with the same material, Which not only gives to the central 7 w appearance. I

' portion 7 ofthe Wire stem the necessary frie-- tional surface; but also gives to thesaidpen:v

Itral portion ,7fof the Wire stem and: the top and bent :over sides ofthe base an attraotive V 'A- flexi ble may he ernplo edr Q1 t i i l' e a r t n 7 r of h Wire stem; and the :-top and hentgover sides of lit b s Q, 1; It illiz beiiimigigta thatnot tiny. wi 1 I fthe opening in the base 5 'ser'veas a Ineans to permit the ends of the central portion 7 of the f 7 Wire stem to be; depressed, V with g the eel ltral 7 portion ofthe vfvire stem in] closer proximity 13m, to theitopr dune hasejthan wonldotherwise {he pos s'i hle,-- bntthe sai'd'opening in. th -base I 5 ia eiu to port -doqr'h d ri r fa key 'of a] door; on ahook or vother means of support. V

Wha-tisdaime'di "-1.,Q In a door holderfa wire havingv a return j Y {bent .eentralflportionythe 'WlIe haying port tionsloeyond the central portion which (11- .yerge and which extend substantially pawl :lelwith the central portion of the wireiloe 'Jyoncl- 'the diverging portions; and, a$base having edges which are turned Over the; di-

verging portions of the Wire; is :2; lnza door-holder, a Wire'having a return 45 bent central portion extending longitudinally 'of'the door holder, the wire. avingf fportions beyond the centralgportion which K fdiverge substantially at rig ;ht'anglesrela- :tivelyto the central; p orti0n,-the terminals of I 50' the wire beyond the" diverging portionsbeing v '7loentandl beingdisposed at the sides of the central portion ofthe w ireandsnbstantially 1 parallel therewith,qand a base having/ an end bentoyerithedivergingportions qfithefwire F 55 andsidesbent ov'eritheternn nalsof the'wi're. l' j- SH RLEYNIQ B; RO s" I I r

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