Patent ID: 6408484
Filing Date: 2002-06-25
Classification: E05D,E05F,E05Y,Y10T

Abstract:
A device for positioning a door, said device comprising:a flat plate adapted to be flush mounted at a plate position that is under or over a door; said plate having a straight edge usable for orienting said plate relative to the door; said plate further having at least one stationary magnet located along an arcuate path on said plate, said path comprising a portion of a circular path and being not a completely circular path; a door-mountable magnet adapted for attachment to a door-mounting position that is at an upper edge of the door or a lower edge of the door, wherein, when the plate is mounted at the plate position above the door and said door-mountable magnet is attached to the door-mounting position at the upper edge of the door, said at least one stationary magnet and said door-mountable magnet interact with each other to position the door, or wherein, when said plate is mounted at the plate position below the door and said door-mountable magnet is attached to the door-mounting position at the lower edge of the door, said at least one stationary magnet and said door-mountable magnet interact with each other to position the door.