Patent ID: 7418847

Claim:
An apparatus for securing a door having a deadbolt, the deadbolt comprising a finger actuator moveable between a locked position and an unlocked position, the apparatus comprising: a base constructed from a resilient material, the base defining at least one aperture for receiving one of a plurality of types of finger actuator in one of a plurality of orientations, the aperture shaped to prevent a finger actuator inserted therein from rotating relative to the base; and, a U-shaped plate coupled to the base, the U-shaped plate moveable with respect to the base between an extended position wherein the U-shaped plate is engageable with a member extending outwardly from the door and a storage position wherein the U-shaped plate is adjacent to the base, whereby when a finger actuator is in the locked position and inserted into the aperture, and when the U-shaped plate is engaged with the member extending outwardly from the door, the finger actuator is prevented from moving into the unlocked position, wherein the apparatus comprises at least one slot defined in the base and extending outwardly from the aperture, the slot positioned to allow a portion of the base adjacent to the slot to flex when a finger actuator is inserted through the aperture such that the portion of the base adjacent to the slot is frictionally engaged with the finger actuator.