Door wedge apparatus
A wedge apparatus includes a first wedge member and a second wedge member. A pivot pin is interconnected between a front end of the first wedge member and a front end of the second wedge member. A compressible spring is interconnected between the first wedge member and the second wedge member at a location distal from the pivot pin. The first wedge member can be substantially U-shaped and can include upwardly oriented first flange portions. Similarly, the second wedge member can be substantially U-shaped and can include downwardly oriented second flange portions. The U-shaped second wedge member is nested within the U-shaped first wedge member when the compressible spring is fully compressed between the first wedge member and the second wedge member. Preferably, a quantity of high friction material is bonded to the first wedge member bottom surface, and a second quantity of high friction material is bonded to the second wedge member top surface.
1. 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.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said U-shape second wedge member is nested within said first wedge member when said compressible spring is fully compressed between said first wedge member and said second wedge member.