Patent ID: 9745785
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: E05C,E05F,Y10T

Claim:
1. A door catch, comprising: a ball plunger assembly including a body with a threaded exterior, a tool-engaging plunger base, a spring, and a ball captive within the body and loaded by the spring to partially extend out of the body opposite the tool-engaging plunger base; a catch bar assembly including a rod, a first mounting portion, and a catch bumper; the catch bumper including a projected bottom surface in which a detent is formed; a ball catch base including a second mounting portion and a base portion projecting directly away from the second mounting portion, the base portion including a base portion top surface and a base portion bottom surface with a threaded aperture therethrough that receives the ball plunger assembly; the catch bar assembly and the ball catch base being mountable on opposing vertical surfaces of a mounting structure and a door by the first mounting portion and the second mounting portion, respectively, so that the ball and the detent frictionally engage vertically to hold the door in an open position and a force of impinging of the ball against the detent is adjustable by rotating the body within the threaded aperture causing the ball to raise or lower with respect to the base portion top surface; and a distance between the detent and the first mounting portion is adjustable by extending and retracting the rod into and out of a first aperture within the first mounting portion and a second aperture within the catch bumper; the rod includes a rod body with a threaded exterior; and the first aperture and the second aperture are each threaded to receive and hold the rod so as to allow the distance between the detent and the first mounting portion to be adjusted.