US2449386A

US2449386A - Door and closure holder

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Publication number: US2449386A
Authority: US
Inventors: Johnson Francis
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1944-06-28
Filing date: 1944-06-28
Publication date: 1948-09-14
Anticipated expiration: 1965-09-14

Description

Sept. 14, 1948 F. JOHNSON 2,449,386

DOOR AND CLOSURE HOLDER Filed June 28. 1944 mventor C/'J Tj/ y f77@ E @M L Patented Sept. 14, 1948 Vsintizi` 'PATENT r 2,449,336 Y,

ilioiiit' Min`v @Lostiitniionmlltf i Francis Johnson, Detroit, Michi Application inn-e 2t, leeft; 'sfer'iei No. "oizgils closure `i'io'liier oonst'rircteii et designed to ene lie-noe its; utility eine etopl"iotttionD to 'swinging #closures -o'f `ifa-'notietypesitsii'vell as closures' whio niiierently initie.

Another ob et of lti'i'e invention* is to provide a olosure hol r inclu-tiling et yieldifnjgly urge-d shoe inj'einloer for engaging 'e portion of trie door 'eilte or tiosii're sono to frictioiially engaeethe 'saine-anti retain the door inits eiil position.

notlier oloi'eot of trie invention is tonroviiie o olo'siire nolii'er of the above-mentioned character which isusimple in construction, comprised of 'compra't'ively few parte" 'to neoorne out ofi orner eind easily installed 'in position.

` Qtlier objects enti inventores of' tile invention `will" ioeconie apparent during' tli'e :course oi the 'following desoription of the oooornpontfing 'drowingf, Wherei v Y,

Figure l isn frontelevet'ionalifiew of the ciotire holder illustrating the constriijction of the soppor'tirigloracketend 4trie man inw'liioli the yieldingiy urge-d shoe member is siipnorteo therefrom;

ii'igiirezis a ton plein of 'et clo'srelliolder showing the general shane enti i'isigii of the shoe member to permit a wid'ir'bel" of apblieations and' installations;v i

Figure 3 is a transverse cross section-al view of- 'the closure holder illustrating in detail the various features of Construetionand fur-ther showing the manner in which the' shoe member is yieldingiy supportedI and -spring tensiondii Figure 4 is ai pian `View l0f theel-usure Holder illustrating the same inv position' on the door jeinoci-ireotly ebove' the toped'ge ora door so "ttt tlie yieldingly-mounted snee "meinierwill eii'g e the surface thereof annitolii the door" pttrtly opened position;

Figure 5 a. iront elevational view'lo'f `'the closiire'liolner'illnst'rot'iti'gtneininn' wloionft'he Sonie is positioned witir respect to' it `door traine anni closure niemeer therefor siii-inetto "Finire 1l/r;

.Figure 6" iso totijtiewrsilniil'rfto Figure f4 showing the' closure no1-tier i-asi-i-glntlfiiiitoreiit 'ii intermediate tlieenric` of' theloii'gitotiinel 'ber i portion lf2 and the forwardly projecting `wing portion i4 is rcnetely curved uowordly to nroiiie a rounded sor'fooe portion it curved in e jnl'onfe 'similar to t'iie plone of tnenciirvetiir'e of the ,t tor i12. 'The rear wing portion l5 is sliglitlyloent and project upwardly through the openings 20 and 2l in the ends of the shoe member I I so as to guide the shoe member in its vertical movement. Coil springs 28 are mounted on the

bolts

22 and 23 with their lower ends in engagement with the parallel portions I3 and I5 of the friction shoe member II and their upper ends in engagement with a washer 29 held in place by nuts or the like Sil threaded on the upper screw-threaded ends of the

bolts

22 and 23. y

Interposed Abetween the inwardly extending anges 9 and I0 and the respective free ends I3 and I of the friction shoe member II is a series of spacing Washers 3| for adjusting the height of the friction shoe I I with respe-ct to the bracket 5, to thereby facilitate the adjustment of the shoe with respect to the top edge of the closure member or door and eliminate the exact positioning of the bracket 5 from the door jamb or frame F. By tightening or loosening the nuts 30 on their

bolts

22 and 23, the tension of the springs 28 will be increased or decreased so that the friction shoe I I may be placed under spring tensions of different degrees.

' When the closure member is mounted as shown in Figures 4 and 5 such as for holding the door or closure D in a partly openedposition, the bracket 5 is secured in place by screws or the like 32 being passed through the apertures 'I so as to positionthe bracket 5 directly above the hinge H of the closure. In this position, the closure or .door D will have its t-op edge engaged by the arcuately curved bar portion I2 of the friction shoe II, thereby frictionally holding the door D in its partly opened position.

When it is desired to mount the door closure so as to retain the door or closure D in its fully opened position, the bracket 5 is secured to the door jarnb or frame F by screws 32 being passed through the apertures 'I as shown in Figure 6, In this position, the bracket 5 is slightly offset from the vertical axis of the hinge 8 so that when the door D is opened, the top edge thereof will be engaged by the wing portion I4 of the friction shoe and will slide therebeneath under the curved surface I 6 thereof. As the door D is moved to its open position, the sliding shoe Il' will be elevated against the tension of the coil spring 28 so that the shoe will be yieldingly urged into engagementwith said closure against the top edge thereof and retain the same in its fully opened position.

When the door holder is used for closures hung lfor double swinging movement, it is mounted in the position shown in Figures 4 and 5 on either side of the door frame F, so as to engage the top edge of the door whenlthe same is swung inwardly or outwardly. In the double hung type closure, a door stop as shown in Figures l to 3 may be mounted on both sides of the door frame F so as to function as above described.

In the modified form of the invention shown in Figure 7, the bracket 5 is identical in construction and includes a rear wall 6, side walls 8 having the inta-:grated flanges 9 and I0. The friction shoe IIa is slightly diiferent in construction and comprises a bar portion I2a which is. arcuately curved longitudinally and has its ends supported on bolts 22a similar to the form of the invention shown in Figures 1 to 6 inclusive. threaded on the upper ends of the bolts 22a to hold the friction shoe Ilain position on top of suitable coil springs mounted in identically the same manner as shown in Figures 1 to 6. When the bracket 5 shown in Figure 7 is mounted on a Nuts 30a are f.

door jamb in a similar fashion, the top edge of the door engages the arcuately curved surface of the bar portion I2a in the same manner as pointed out in connection with Figures 4 and 5.

In the other modied form of the invention shown in Figure 8, the bracket 5a is shaped similar to the bracket 5 and includes a rear wall portion 6a having connected thereto at each end thereof a side wall portion 8a which is triangular in shape and is formed slightly greater in length than the side Walls 8 of the bracket 5 'in Figures l to 7 inclusive.

Formed integral with the rear Wall and side walls 5a and 8a are inwardly directed flanges 9a and I'Ila and said rear and side walls are suitably apertured for receiving screws or the like to facilitate fastening of the bracket to a door jamb or frame directly above the hinges supporting the closure member for said door frame or lamb.

The friction shoe I la is of cruciform shape and includes an elongated bar I2a identical in shape to the bar I2 in Figures 1 to 6 and said bar is provided with a forwardly projecting wing-portion Illa curved in a direction transverse to the longitudinal bore Iial Similarly, awing I5a is formed on the bar I2a in opposed relation to the wing I4a and said wing is curved ina direction transversely of the bar I2a for a portion of its length as at I8a and terminates in a flat parallel end portion I'Ia disposed above the rear wall flange I'Ila.

Bolts22a and 23a are passed through openings in the flanges 9a and Illa respectively, and extend through suitable apertures in the ends of the longitudinal bar I2a and rearwardly extending wing portions I5al. Coil springs 28a are mounted on the

bolts

22a and 23a and are held in place by nuts 39a similar to the form-of the invention shown in Figures 1 to 6 inclusive.

Interposed between the inwardly extending flanges 9a and Ilia and the ends of the elongated bar IZaand wing extension `ld is a series of spacing washers 3Ia to properly position the friction shoe I2a with respect to the upper edge of a door or closure, so as to place said friction shoe under a predetermined tension. The structure shown in the modified form of the invention is identical with that shown in Figures l to 6 inclusive except that the side wall portions 8a are slightly longer and the arcuate curvature of the rearwardly extending wing portion I5a is moderated to provide fa closure retainer and stop applicable to closures which are double hung and capable of swinging movement intwo directions as well as closures which are hinged for singly swinging movement.

With a structure of this type, the top edge of the door or closure will be engaged at a point spaced further fromthe axis of the closure hinge and thereby give a better gripping action on the top edge of the door or closure.

It'is to be understood that the forms of the invention herewith shown and described are to be taken as preferred embodiments of the same and that various changes may be made in the shape, size and arrangement of parts without departing from the spirit ofthe invention or the scope of the subjoined claims.

What I claim is:

1. Aiclosure holder, comprising an approximately U-shaped bracket adapted to be aflixed to a doorframe, an elongated arcuately curved shoe member carried at its ends by the bracket arms and having its arcuately-curved intermediate portion extending through the gap between autres@ top eid-geef said closure adjacent the hinged end` thereof; guide members carriedby the bracket for said?. shoe member, and resilient elements for yieldiriglyfurging saidshoe membeninto frictional engagement with said closure, saidshoe member being of a cruciform shape and consisting of a bar member having forwardly and rearwardly extend*- ingf wing portions; 4

3. A closure holder, comprising a bracket adapted to be affixed to a door frame, a shoe member carried by the bracket adapted to engage the top edge of said closure adjacent the hinged end thereof, guide members carried by the bracket for said shoe member, and resilient elements for yieldingly urging said shoe member into frictional engagement with said closure, said shoe member being of a cruciform shape and consisting of a bar member having forwardly and rearwardly extending wing portions, and said bar member and wing projections being arcuately curved from the central portion of the shoe member to the ends thereof.

4. A closure holder adapted to be positioned above a swinging closure adjacent the hinged edge thereof, comprising a bracket for being af- Xed to the closure frame, said bracket being provided with interconnected rear and side Walls having integrated inwardly extending flanges, guide members supported on the flanges, a friction shoe slidably supported on said guide members adapted to engage the top edge of said closure adjacent the hinged edge thereof, and yielding spring elements carried by said guide members for placing said shoe member under tension to urge the same into frictional contactual engagement with said closure.

5. A closure holder adapted to be positioned above a swinging closure adjacent the hinged edge thereof, comprising a bracket for being affixed to the closure frame, said bracket being provided with interconnected rear and side walls having integrated inwardly extending flanges, guide members supported on the flanges, a friction shoe slidably supported on said guide members adapted to engage the top edge of said closure adjacent the hinged edge thereof, and yielding spring elements carried by said guide members for placing said shoe member under tension to urge the same into frictional contactual engagement with said closure, said shoe member being of cruciform shape and being curved in the same spherical plane.

6. A closure holder adapted to be positioned above a swinging closure adjacent the hinged edge thereof, comprising a bracket for being aixed to the closure frame, said bracket being provided with interconnected rear and side Walls having integrated inwardly extending flanges, guide members supported on the flange, a friction shoe slidably supported on said guide members adapted to engage the top edge of said closure adjacent the hinged edge thereof, and yielding spring elements .carriedzby said.` guide members :for: placing'` said shoe memberundertension to .urgezthefsame` into frictional contactual engagement withisaid closure, said friction shoe member consisting: of.I an. arcuately curved bar having an intermediate forwardly. extending. wing lzaortion..` curved inf a.; direction at right angles to the curvature of; said:

arcuatelycurvedLbar member.`

7: A closure retainer for.7 hingedclosures, com-A prising an' approximatelyY U shaped `bracket.:with vertically-extending walls at the side andfrear.` edges thereof adaptedV to be afxed tothe-.frame of. the closure above the hinge therefor, Aguide membersrcarried by said bracket arms for a frostion shoe having its ends engaging. said guide i members andanarcuate intermediate portionex.-

tending through; the gap. between said. arms for-f; frictional contactualengagement with said clot-i sureat' the top edgethereoiandzcoil springsxas-L sociat'edl with` saidv guide members and yieldingly, urging; the arcuatepontion of saidI shoememberf throughsaid gap'Y into.` frictionalcontact. with: the closure for holding said closure in an open position.

8. A closure holder for swinging hinged closures supported in a closure frame, comprising a bracket adapted to be affixed to said frame above and adjacent the hinged edge of said closure, said bracket being formed with a rear wall connecting vertical side walls having inwardly directed flanges, guide -bolts extending upwardly through said flanges, an arcuately curved friction shoe having its ends supported on a pair of said guide bolts, wing extensions formed on said arcuately curved shoe member intermediate the ends thereof, one of said wing extensions being slidably guided on the guide bolt carried by the flange on the rear wall of said bracket, and coil springs mouted on said guide bolts for placing said arcuately curved shoe member under tension.

9. A closure holder for swinging hinged closures supported in a closure frame, comprising a bracketadapted to be affixed to said frame above and adjacent the hinged edge of said closure, said bracket being formed with a rear wall connecting vertical side walls having inwardly directed anges, guide bolts extending upwardly through said flanges, an elongated arcuately curved friction shoe having its ends supported on a pair of said guide bolts, Wing extensions formed on said arcuately curved shoe member intermediate the ends thereof, one of said wing extensions being slidably guided on the guide lbolt carried by the flange on the rear Wall of said bracket, coil springs mounted on said guide bolts for placing said arcuately curved shoe member under compression, and adjusting nuts threaded on said bolts for varying said compression.

l0. A closure holder for swinging hinged closures supported in a closure frame, comprising a bracket adapted to be affixed to said frame above and adjacent the hinged edge of said closure, said bracket being formed with a rear wall connecting vertical side walls having inwardlydirected flanges, guide bolts extending upwardly through said flanges, an elongated arcuately curved friction shoe having its ends supported on a pair of said guide bolts, wing extensions formed on said arcuately curvedshoe member intermediate the ends thereof, one of said wing extensions being slidably guided on the guide bolt carried by the ange on the rear wall of said bracket, coil springs mounted on said guide bolts for placing said arcuately curved shoe member under compression, adjusting nuts threaded on said bolts for varying said compression, and spacing washers interposed between said anges and the ends of said arcuately curved shoe member as Well as said one extension to permit adjustment of said shoe memberto compensate for wear between the shoe member and upper edge of said closure.

11. A closure holder for swinging hinged closures supported in a closure frame,l comprising a bracket adapted to be aixed to said frame above and adjacent the hinged edge of said closure, said bracket being formed with a, rear wall connecting vertical side walls having inwardly directed flanges, guide bolts extending upwardly through said anges, an arcuately curved friction shoe having its ends supported on a pair of said guide bolts, wing extensions formed on said arcuately curved shoe member intermediate the ends thereof,one of said Wing extensions being slidably guided on the guide bolt carried by the flange on the rear wall of said bracket, coil springs mounted on said guide bolts .for placing said arcuately curved shoe member under tension, and ade justing nuts threaded on said -bolts for varying said tension, said shoe member being curved in a longitudinal direction and the other of said wing extensions being curved in a direction transverse to said longitudinal direction.

FRANCIS JOHNSON.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

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