Patent · US Expired

Door knob holding device

US5944368A · kind A · utility

26Cited by
36References
15Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 12, 1997
Grant dateAug 31, 1999
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 12, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T292/11
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A door holding device for catching and holding a door in an open position against an adjacent wall is provided. The door has a magnetically attractive door knob mounted thereon. The device comprises a mounting base mounted to the adjacent wall at an elevation substantially equal to the elevation of the door knob. A magnet is secured to the mounting base for coacting with the door knob of the door, wherein upon the door opening from a closed position to a point nearingly adjacent the adjacent wall, the magnet means coacting with the door knob thereby catching the door knob and holding the door in the open position.

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