Patent ID: 8327793

Claim:
A door knocker for attachment to the face of a door, comprising: a front display piece; said front display piece in the form of an alpha character piece including a front facing surface for display of the alpha character and a rear facing surface having a pair of spacedly disposed rearwardly directed flange members that form part of a pivot means for the front display piece; a rear support piece that is for attachment to the face of the door; said rear support piece including a first member for pivotal engagement with the flange members and forming another part of the pivot means; said first member including a bridge member that extends between the flange members, and having, at respective ends thereof, integrally formed legs that extend substantially orthogonal to the bridge member and that form with the spacedly disposed flange members the pivot means; said pivot means also comprised of an elongated pivot pin that extends between the orthogonal legs and flange members; said rear support piece also including a second member that is contiguous with said first member; said second member including an elongated piece that extends substantially downwardly from said bridge member; said rear support piece further including a third member that is contiguous with said second member, and that includes a leg extending transverse to said elongated piece having a knocker surface that is selectively engageable with the rear facing surface of the alpha character piece.