US2456843A

US2456843A - Door stop

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Publication number: US2456843A
Authority: US
Inventors: Leonard J Semeyn
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1946-06-24
Filing date: 1946-06-24
Publication date: 1948-12-21
Anticipated expiration: 1965-12-21

Description

L. J. SEM EYN Dec. 21, 1948.

DOOR STOP Filed June 24, 1946 \NVENTQR LEONARD d. SENEYN ATTo RNEYS Patented Dec. 21, 1948 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE DOOR STOP Leonard J. Semeyn, Lamont, Mich.

Application June 24, 1946, Serial No. 679,002

5 Claims. (Cl. 292-344) This invention relates to a novel structure of door stop, and is adapted to be placed in the path of movement of a swinging door to hold the door in a position to which it has been opened, and impose an obstruction against its movement in the direction of a side of a door against which it is placed.

It is principal object and purpose of the present invention to provide a door stop in the form of a block having appreciable weight and covering it with a 'fabric covering productive of frictional resistance when the door stop is placed against the floor or floor covering; and to provide a stop which may be placed at any one of its four sides against the floor or a cover therefor together with practical and novel means for securing the covering in place and eliminating the effect of the seam where edge portions of the covering are connected together at a side of said block.

An understanding of the invention may be had from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which,

Fig. l is a perspective view of a door stop made in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the inner block which has the covering applied thereto.

Fig. 3 is an and elevation of the door stop after the application of the cover thereto and before the end securing plates are connected.

4 is a longitudinal vertical section through the door stop shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a similar enlarged fragmentary section at one end thereof.

Fig. 6 is a partial vertical transverse section and end elevation.

Fig. 7 is a view similar to Fig. 5 illustrating a modification in the structure attaining the same functions and results, and

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the end frame two of which are used in the modified construction.

Like reference characters refer to like parts in the different figures of the drawing.

The interior block I is of relatively long and rectangular parallelopiped form and at one side, the upper side as shown in the drawing, is molded or otherwise provided with a longitudinal groove 2 therein. At each end and adjacent each of its side edges a projecting rib 3 of convex form is inte rally cast or molded with the block I. plurality of spaced longitudinal openings or passages 4 lengthwise of the block are made within the confines of the surrounding ribs 3 as shown in Fig. 2.

The interior block is covered by a fabric covering 5 which is longer than the length of the block and which where Wrapped around the sides thereof has its meeting edges portions secured together by a longitudinal seam 6 located at the groove '2 (Fig. 6). The projecting end portion of the cover at each end of the inner block is turned inwardly around the ribs 3 and extends inwardly from the ribs short distances to lie flat against the adjacent portions of the ends of the block within said ribs as indicated at I, the corner portions of said inwardly turned flaps 7 being mitered as shown in Fig. 3, to eliminate overlapping of the end portions of the covering at adjacent edges.

A rectangular plate 8 of fiat metal or equivalent material is located against each of the ends of the structure within the ribs 3 and against the portions of the fabric covering which extend inwardly from said ribs. Longitudinal rods 9 are disposed within each of the longitudinal passages threaded at their ends. The plates are secured in place and brought into tight binding engagement against the flaps l by means of socket screws it which pass through openings in the plates 8 and are screwed on the threaded end portions of the rods t.

As shown in Figs. 7 and 8, the ribs 3 which have been described may be left off of the block I and replaced by a metal frame having parallel vertical sides and a lower side H, the upper side, having the same reference character, having a space I 2 between its adjacent ends which will come into conjunction with an end of the groove 2. The sides of the frame are of concavo-convex form and serve the same purposes as the ribs 3 when a frame is located one against each end of the inner block I. The fabric is passed around and outside of the frame and the flaps continued inwardly against the block I and are secured in place by the same structure previously described, including plates 8, rods 9 and socket screws I 0. In outward appearance the door stop construction both of the forms described is identical.

The material of the interior block may be of any desired acceptable character. It may be cast from metal or molded from earthen materials in brick form such as clay or other solid material having the requisite weight. When located at the side of the door it will hold the door from movement in the direction of the stop. The frictional engagement of the cover at the side of the stop resting upon the floor or its covering provides increased resistance to moving the door stop. Any side of the door stop structure may be placed against the floor. Greater frictional resistance to move will occur when one of the two sides of larger area than the other two sides is located in engagement with the floor Or its covering. The door stop structure described is readily made and its fabric covering not only removes and eliminates unsightliness of appearance, but is of functional value because of the frictional resistance to move which it adds to the structure.

The invention is defined in theappended claims and is to be considered comprehensive of all forms of structure coming within their scope.

I claim:

1. A door stop construction comprising, an elongated block of rectangular cross section, said block having longitudinal passages lengthwise thereof, a fabric covering located around the sides of the block and covering the same having end portions at each end extending beyond the ends of each side of the covering extending inwardly partially over the ends of the block, a plateof rectangular form at each end of the block located against and partially covering said end portions of the'covering at each end of the block, rods extending through said longitudinal passages in said block, and screws passing through said plates threaded on to each end of each rod for clamping the plates against the portions of the covering at the inner sides of thevplates.

2. A construction as defined in claim 1, said block at each end thereof having an outwardly extending rib at each side of the block and said endcovering portions covering said ribs and partially covering the end of the block within the ribs, and said plates being located in the recesses surrounded by the ribs.

3. A door'stop comprising, an elongated block rectangular in cross section having four sides andtwo ends located in planes at right angles to adjacent sides and ends, one of said sides having a longitudinal groove therein, a fabric covering around said block and against its sides havinglongitudinal edge portions connected together opposite said groove, said covering at each end and at each side of the block having a flap extending beyond the end of the block and hearing against said end, clamping plates, one against said flaps at each end of the block, and means for securing said plates in place and forcing them against said flaps to clamp them between the plates and the ends of the block.

4. A construction as defined in claim 3, and a rectangular frame of metal having sides of concave-convex cross sectional form located one against each end of the block adjacent the sides thereof and over which said flaps are located, said plates being disposed within said frames.

5. A door stop comprising, a block of rectangular parallelopiped form, a fabric covering around the sides of said block having end portions extending beyond each end thereof and located against said ends of the block, means for clamping said end portions of the fabric against :the' :ends of the block,-said end portions of the cover extending beyond the end of the block partially covering each end of the block, said means for clamping said end portions of the covering comprising, a clamping plate located against each end of the block at the outer side of each of said end portions of the covering, and means extending through the block for connecting said plates together and drawing them against the covering portions over which located.

LEONARD J. SEMEY N.

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

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