Portable Door Stop for Preventing Doors being Shut.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Mar., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 10th Apr., 1893-Accepted, 13th May, 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Portable Door Stop for Preventing Doors being Shut.
I CHARLES RICE of "Rockcliffe," Hawke Road Norwood, S.E. Accountant do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This device prevents the closing of doors when they are desired to be open and
regulates the degree to which they may stand open from about half way to about
one inch.
This invention may be constructed of any suitable material size & pattern.
Wood is recommended of any desirable length, of about 4 or 5 inches wide and
about or 1 inch thick. One (the top) end may be square with the two edges,
the latter continued parallel with each other downwards for a few inches when the
remainder of the length may be shaped in the form of a handle, or to save waste of
material the handle may be a separate piece and be attached to the stop.
The door stop is hung upon the top edge of the door towards the lintel by hooks
adjustable to the varying thicknesses of doors, one hook may be attached to or
inserted in one edge of the stop and a second hook to or in one side thereof, both
hooks being situated at about one inch more or less from the top end of the same,
thus causing the outer edge (which may be rounded) of the part projecting above
the top line of the door to come in contact with the lintel and preventing the door
being further closed.
The stop is hung upon the door by either one of the hooks and at any point on
the top edge of the door, thus regulating the degree at which it is desired that the
door shall stand open as above mentioned.
All parts of the stop that come in contact with the door or lintel may be covered
with rubber, leather or other suitable material to prevent injury to the paint,
varnish or otherwise of the door or lintel.
Dish dow of March 1803
CHARLES RICE.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Portable Door Stop for Preventing Doors being Shut.
1, CHARLES RICE of Rockcliffe Hawke Road, Upper Norwood London S.E.
Accountant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement :-
This invention is designed to act as an effective substitute for the well known
inconvenient and dangerous door porter that is to say, to prevent a door being
entirely closed, when as often happens persons in a room desire kept partly open.
To effect this and at the same time enable the amount or width of opening to be
regulable at will, I form my improved portable door stop in the shape of a pro-
jecting block or bracket, with a pendant handle, the said block having a hook or
hooks which pass over the top of the door, and which enable the block to be moved
along the door to the spot desired. The said block projects above the door so as
to bear against the lintel or doorframe.
I will now describe the invention with reference to the accompanying drawings
in which Fig. 1 shows an elevation of one form of my doorstop attached to the
door a, by the hook b. This hook may be covered with leather or other suitable
material to prevent injury to the door. The book may be driven or screwed into
the body d of the door stop, and can be adjusted to the thickness of the door if

page_text: screwed, by screwing it further in, or unscrewing it to distance required. c is the
handle. d, d² are pads of leather or other material attached to the ends or sides of
the stop, to prevent bruising the door or door frame. On the side of the stop there
may be a second hook ³, which can be used when the door is required to be kept
only slightly open.
As the pads d', d², are continued around the stop they protect the door and the
frame from injury when the side hook is employed.
Fig. 2 shows an elevation of another form of my invention, similar in principle
but different in outline to that shewn in Fig. 1. The hook is shewn with a sloping
back part 2, to allow it to fit various sizes or thicknesses of doors.
Fig. 3 shows a third form in which the hook b is solid with the body or attached
to a plate screwed on to the body d. An adjusting screw can be placed if
preferred at the back of the hook. A projecting pin carries an indiarubber
ring which forms the point of contact with the door frame. In this form of stop
the body d need not project above the door, which gives a neater appearance from
the inside of the door.
My improved portable door stop may be made in various sizes and materials,
and of any preferred pattern consistent with the principle of the invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
A portable stop for keeping doors partly open suspensable from the top of a
door by a hook or hooks adjustable or otherwise, as herein described and set forth.
Dated this 10th dor of Anvil 1902
S. S. BROMHEAD,
97, Newgate Street, E.C., Agent for Applicant.
S. S. BROMHEAD,
97, Newgate Street, E.C., Agent for Applicant.