Granted Patent B2

US 12,252,927 · App. 17/896,556 · Granted Mar 18, 2025

Inventor: Robert O. Duff (Apple Valley, MN)

E05F5/06

Abstract

Claims (51)

1. A method to store a doorstop when not in use, the method comprising:

mounting on to a vertical surface, a bracket comprising a body and protrusions extending from opposite sides of the bracket body;

positioning the doorstop adjacent to and aligned with the bracket, wherein the doorstop comprises:

a foot;

a recess area within the foot;

an opening in a bottom surface of the foot around the recess area; and

pockets in opposite sides of the recess area extending to the bottom surface of the foot; and wherein

opening to a recess area and pockets in opposite sides of the recess area over the bracket such that the doorstop pockets align with the bracket protrusions; and

pushing the doorstop onto the bracket so that the bracket protrusions slide into the doorstop pockets;

wherein the doorstop is mated with the bracket when fronts of the bracket protrusions meet ends of the doorstop pockets, forming a gap between a bottom of the doorstop and a back edge of the bracket.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the bracket further comprises:

a first hole through the bracket for receiving a fastener to secure the bracket to the vertical surface.

3. The method of claim 2 and further comprising:

an anchor in the vertical surface; and

a fastener through the first hole and the anchor to secure the bracket to the vertical surface.

4. The method of claim 2 and further comprising:

a second hole through the bracket near a top of the bracket;

wherein the second hole receives a fastener to secure the bracket to the vertical surface; and

a third hole through the bracket near a bottom of the bracket;

wherein the third hole receives a fastener to secure the bracket to the vertical surface.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein a back of the bracket body is partially recessed, and wherein the bracket further comprises:

a latitudinal stiffener between a first side and a second side of the bracket;

a longitudinal stiffener between a top and a bottom of the bracket;

wherein the latitudinal stiffener crosses the longitudinal stiffener to create a stiffening grid in the body.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the bracket further comprises:

a plurality of latitudinal stiffeners; and

a plurality of holes through the body of the bracket and the longitudinal stiffener;

wherein the latitudinal stiffeners cross the longitudinal stiffener at the holes to create a stiffening grid in the body.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the doorstop pockets are between 0.55 centimeters and 0.65 centimeters deep, and wherein fronts of the bracket protrusions are offset from a front of the bracket body between 0.1 and 0.2 centimeters so a gap is created between a bottom of the doorstop and a back of the bracket when the fronts of the bracket protrusions contact the ends of the doorstop pockets.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the pockets of the doorstop are 0.6 centimeters deep, bracket protrusions are offset from a front of the bracket body 0.15 centimeters.

9. The method of claim 1 and further comprising:

pulling the doorstop away from the bracket to use the doorstop; and

replacing the doorstop over the bracket when the doorstop is no longer in use by positioning the doorstop over the bracket, pushing the doorstop onto the bracket, and pulling the doorstop off the bracket to use and store the doorstop.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein mounting the bracket onto the vertical surface comprises:

positioning an anchor into the vertical surface; and

placing a fastener through a primary hole in the bracket and into the anchor;

wherein the primary hole.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein mounting the bracket onto the vertical surface comprises:

positioning a first anchor and a second anchor in the vertical surface spaced to align with a first alternate hole and a second alternate hole in the bracket;

placing a first fastener through the first alternate hole and into first anchor; and

placing a second fastener through the second alternate hole and into the second anchor.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein pushing the doorstop onto the bracket positions the bracket body within the doorstop recess area.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the vertical surface is a door, or wherein the vertical surface is a wall.

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein the doorstop further comprises:

a first sloped portion at a first end of the foot;

a lip portion extending from the first sloped portion at the first end of the foot;

a second sloped portion at an opposite, second end of the foot; and

a pedestal portion located between the first sloped portion and the second sloped portion;

wherein the recess area is below the first sloped portion, the second sloped portion, and the pedestal portion; and

wherein the pockets are inside the recess area beneath the pedestal portion.

15. The method of claim 1 , wherein a front of each bracket protrusion is offset from a front of the bracket body, and wherein the front of each protrusion is closer to the front of the body than a back of the body.

Continuity (1)

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