Patent ID: 7937806

Claim:
An apparatus for permitting or preventing a panel from closing an opening within a wall, the panel having an interior side, an exterior side and a top edge, the wall having a top jamb, first side jamb and a second side jamb for defining the opening, a hinge securing the panel to the wall for pivoting the panel relative to the opening, the apparatus, comprising: an inverted generally u-shaped frame defining a slot for positioning adjacent to the top edge, the interior side and the exterior side of the panel; a bar member having a first end and a second end; a fulcrum pivot interposed between said first end and said second end for pivotably mounting said bar member to said inverted generally u-shaped frame; said fulcrum pivot pivoting said bar member between a generally vertical position wherein said second end is raised above said first end and a generally horizontal position; said fulcrum pivot positioned adjacent to said first end for normally pivoting said bar member into the generally horizontal position; a downward vertical force applied to said first end for pivoting said bar member from said generally horizontal position to said generally vertical position; said bar member pivoted from said generally horizontal position to said generally vertical position by said downward vertical force applied on said first end for disengaging said second end from the wall for permitting the door to close the opening of the wall; and said bar member automatically pivoting from said generally vertical position to said generally horizontal position upon the door being removed from the opening for engaging said second end with the wall for preventing closing the opening with the door.