Patent ID: 8398062
Filing Date: 2013-03-19
Classification: B23Q,B25B

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for holding a door, the apparatus comprising: (a) a base; (b) a pair of support columns, each support column among the pair of support columns having upper and lower ends, each support column among the pair of support columns being fixedly attached to the base; and (c) a cradle mounted between the support columns, the cradle being adapted for, upon downward and upward movements of the door between the support columns, alternatively compressing against and releasing the door, the cradle comprising first and second walls and a vertically movable floor connected operatively to the first and second walls, the cradle being adapted for, upon the door's downward and upward movements, alternatively moving the first and second walls toward and away from the door; the cradle's adaptations for alternatively moving the first and second walls comprising a plurality of angle slot and slide pin combinations, each combination among said plurality of combinations interconnecting one of the walls among the cradle's first and second walls and one of the columns among the pair of support columns.