Patent ID: 7845693

Claim:
A stop for an open hatch that is hingedly-connected to an enclosure, the stop comprising: a spine extending across a gap between an external surface of the hatch and an external surface of the enclosure; a first prong extending from the middle section of the spine into the gap between the enclosure and the hatch; a second prong extending from one end of the spine in a direction of the first prong to rest against an internal surface of the hatch; and a third prong extending from the opposite end of the spine in the direction of the first prong to rest against an internal surface of the enclosure; the second prong and third prongs providing support to the stop to maintain the hatch in the open position; the first prong having a width in a direction parallel to the spine extending across the gap sufficient to substantially fill the gap between hinged edges of the enclosure and the hatch; and a width of the spine in a direction parallel to the first prong extending into the gap being substantially greater than a thickness of the spine in an orthogonal direction substantially parallel to the hinged edges of the enclosure and the hatch.