US852513A - Door-holder. - Google Patents

Description

PATENTED MAY '7, 1907.

G. LAUBE.

DOOR HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 13, 1906.

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' GODFRIED LA'UBE, or sauna MONICA, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR or ONE- HALF TO JOHN C. MILLER, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

DOOR-HOLDER. No. 852,513. Specification of Letters Patent. 1907,

' open position,

tional view of my improved door holder,

UNITED STATES PATENT UFIEIGE.

Patented May 7,

Application filed August 13,1906. Serial No. 630,356.

not be moved until the plate is removed. To insure a positive gripping of the door 3 by the plate 1, I provide the beveled surface 2 of the plate with two longitudinally disposed ribs 4 preferably formed by two pieces of wire hav- To all whom, it may concern:

hat I, Gonrnmn LAUBE, a

Be it known t citizen of the United States of America, residing at Santa Wonica, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements ing their ends fixed in the plate 1, as at 5. in Door-Holders, of w ich the following is a The door is adapted to impinge these wires specification, reference being had therein to and prevent the beveled surface 2 of the plate 1 from being worn.

The sides of the plate 1 are provided with ornamental plates 6, these plates being prefthe accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in door holders, and the invention has for its object to provide a s1merably cut to represent the outline of a repos le, inexpensive and portable door holder, ing animal such as a dog. The forward en which will be noiseless and take a positive 7 of the plate 1 can be ornamented or decogrip upon a carpet, matting, linoleum, or a rated to further assist in the representation b are floor. of an animal, this end of the plate being pref- Another object of this invention is to proerably carved to represent the fore legs and vide a door holder which will not tear or infeet of a dog. The extreme end of the plate jure the carpet or floor, nor scar or mar a is provided with a covering of a suitable door. durable material. adapted to protect the door holder and a shoe, when the holder is being forced under the door by a persons foot.

The plates 6 have their rear edges covered with a durable, flexible material 9, as rubher, to protect thesides of the door and the holder, when said holder is placed in engagement with the door.

Detachably secured in the forward end 7 of the plate 1 is a vertically disposed rod 10 having its upper end bent to form a loop 11, this rod and loop y as a A further object of my invention is to provide an ornamental, easily operated holder for doors, applicable to various kinds and sizes of doors.

A still further object of this invention is to .rovide a combination door holder and hat holder capable of being used together or as either holder.

\Vith the above and other objects in view, which will more readily appear as the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts to be presently deserving functionall handle for manipulating the holder, and as a support or rack for a hat.

scribed, illustrated and specifically pointed By the novel construction of my improved out in the claims. holder, it will be observed that since the Referring to the drawing forming part of holder is not a -fixture upon a oor, it can be this specification, like numerals of reference readily moved about and used in connection with any door. WVhen engaging a door the holder can be observed upon both sides of the door, thus indicating that the door is fastened.

My improved holder is made of a sufficient width to accommodate doors of various thickness, and the wedgeshaped plate 1 is made thick enough to fill the space between any door and a floor, irrespective of the height of the threshold.

It will be apparent from the foregoing dedesignate corresponding parts throughout the several views, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved door holder as holding a door in an ig. 2 is, a longitudinal sec- Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the upper end of a handle or hat holder forming part 0 my improved door holder, Fig. 4 is a cross sec tional view of the door holder, and Fig. 5 is a fragmentary section 0 the holder as supscription taken in connection with the raworting a hat. ing, that I have devised a simple door holder To put my invention into practice, I conhaving numerous advantages over the or istruct my holder of a plate 1 having an innary holders attached to doors.

clined or beveled surface 2. The plate is What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

under the outer edge of the 1. A door holder embodying a plate hav adapted to slip whereby it cani door 3 and wedge said door,

IlbS mounted upon sa1d surface, a'cover seplate adapted to engage under a door, ornacured to the forward end of said plate, ornamental side plates carried by said beveled 20 mental side plates carried by said beveled plate, and a handle, substantially as de plate, covers secured to the rear edges of sa1d scribed.

side plates, a vertically disposed rod detach- 4. A combined hat and door holder conably mounted in the forward end of said sisting of a beveled plate, adapted to enga e beveled plate and having a loop upon its upunder a door, and a rod carried by said plate 2 5 per end, substantially as described. and adapted to support a hat, substantially door holder embodying a beveled as described.

plate, ribs carried by the beveled surface of In testimony whereof I afiix my signature said plate, ornamental side plates carrigd by in the presence of two witnesses:

sai beveled late, a vertica y ispose ro mounted in Said plate and having a loop GODFRIED L upon its upper end, and coverin s for por- Witnesses:

tions of said plates, substantia 1y as de- HATTIE RosE LAUBE,

scribed. 1 J. E. MILEs.

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