Patent ID: 8042846

Claim:
A portable wedge apparatus adapted to be installed under residential or commercial doors without other preparation or modification thereof, comprising: a first U-shaped wedge member which includes a first member bottom surface and upwardly oriented first flange portions extending from each outermost longitudinal edge of the bottom surface; a second U-shaped wedge member which includes a second member top surface and downwardly oriented second flange portions extending from each outermost longitudinal edge of the top surface; the first and second flange portions extending the entire length of the first and second wedge members respectfully and longitudinally extending beyond the top and bottom surfaces to form rounded edges at both a front and back end of the first and second wedge members; wherein the first and second wedge members are structurally identical only differing in size; a pivot pin interconnecting between the front end of said first wedge member and the front end of said second wedge member; the pivot pin received through holes in the upwardly oriented first flange portions and the downwardly oriented second flange portions, where the first flange portions are nested with the second flange portions so that the pin holes are in alignment; and a compressible coil spring directly connected to said first wedge member bottom surface and said second wedge member top surface at a location distal from said pivot pin, at the back end of the first and second wedge members; and a high friction material bonded to and covering an entire planar surface of both the bottom and top surfaces of the first and second wedge members for frictionally engaging with one of a floor surface and the door.