Claims
- 1. An apparatus for holding a door relative to a floor, comprising;a door mounting plate adapted to be fixed to the door; a floor mounting plate adapted to be mounted on the floor, and including a recess; and a locking assembly that is attached and removed from the floor mounting plate and door mounting plate as a unit, and including a rigid body member adapted to be secured to the floor mounting plate and a locking member adapted to be secured to the door mounting plate, wherein the locking member and the door mounting plate have a cooperating connection means for allowing removable connection from the door mounting plate, and wherein the rigid body member is arranged for placement in the recess of the floor mounting plate so as to provide a secure and removable engagement, and wherein the rigid body member and the locking member have a linear slide means and a stop abutment means for defining a plurality of secure predetermined positions of the door when the assembly is connected to the door mounting plate and the floor mounting plate.
- 2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the locking member is movably coupled to the body member.
- 3. The apparatus of claim 2 wherein the locking member is slidably coupled to the body member.
- 4. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the body member is adapted to be positioned inside a cavity in the floor.
- 5. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the body member is adapted to rotate relative to the floor.
- 6. The apparatus of claim 5 wherein the engagement of the binding end to the door binding portion is implemented by rotating the body member.
- 7. An apparatus for preventing a door from being forcibly opened relative to a floor from either a first predefined position or a second predefined position, the door being opened further in the second predefined position than in the first predefined position, said apparatus comprising:a door mounting plate adapted to be fixed to the door, the door mounting plate having a door binding portion; a floor mounting plate adapted to be secured to the floor, the floor mounting plate having a recess; a body member having a through hole and an end that is adapted to be inserted into the recess of the floor mounting plate such that the body member is secured to the floor by inserting the body member in the recess of the floor mounting plate; the body member being rotatably positionable relative to the floor mounting plate; and a longitudinal locking member having a binding end that is adapted to be engageable with the binding portion of the door mounting plate in order to securely attach the locking member to the door mounting plate, the locking member being dimensioned for sliding receipt through the through-hole of the body member, the locking member being provided with longitudinally spaced abutment stops that prevent sliding of the locking member through the through-hole, the abutment stops being configured to correspond to at least the first predefined position and the second predefined position.
- 8. The apparatus of claim 7 wherein the locking member includes at least a pair of blocking members, the blocking members being disposed proximate each end of the locking member, the blocking members extending perpendicularly away from the longitudinal axis of the locking member, the blocking members being configured for blocking movement of the door when the locking member is positioned substantially parallel to the door.
- 9. An apparatus for holding a swinging pivot action type door in a closed or partially open position relative to a floor, comprising:a door mounting plate adapted to be fixed to the door, the door mounting plate having a door binding portion; a rigid body member adapted to be secured to the floor; a locking member slidably coupled to the body member and having a binding end adapted to be engageable with the binding portion of the door mounting plate in order to securely attach the locking member to the door mounting plate, the locking member including a slot that coincides with a predetermined position relative to the body member; and a stop arrangement for holding the locking member in the predetermined position relative to the body member, wherein the holding prevents the door from moving past a predefined door position when the binding end of the locking member is securely attached to the binding portion of the door mounting plate, and wherein the stop arrangement includes a stop plate that is adapted to be disposed in the slot and adapted for abutment with the body member when the plate is disposed in the slot such that the locking member prevented from moving relative to the body member.
- 10. The apparatus of claim 9 further including a floor mounting plate adapted to be fixed to the floor, the floor mounting plate including a recess for receiving the body member such that the body member can be secured to the floor by positioning the body member in the recess of the floor mounting plate.
- 11. The apparatus of claim 10 wherein the floor mounting plate further includes a protrusion disposed within the recess.
- 12. The apparatus of claim 10 wherein the floor mounting plate is adapted to be positioned inside the swinging path of the door.
- 13. The apparatus of claim 9 wherein the door mounting plate has a door mounting surface for contacting the door, and wherein the door binding portion extends perpendicularly from the door mounting surface, the binding portion having a receiving portion adapted to receive the binding end of the locking member, the binding portion having an aperture and a pin that is slidably received in the aperture for engaging the binding end of the locking member in order to securely attach the locking member to the door mounting plate.
- 14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the binding end of the locking member includes a slot for receiving the pin.
- 15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the pin is biased towards the receiving portion of the door binding portion such that the pin slides into the slot to attach the locking member to the door mounting plate when the binding end of the locking member is received by the binding portion of the door mounting plate.
- 16. The apparatus of claim 9 wherein the stop arrangement has a plurality of predetermined positions relative to the body member.
- 17. The apparatus of claim 9 wherein the stop arrangement includes a blocking portion coupled to the locking member at the predetermined position, the blocking portion being adapted for abutment with the body member such that the locking member is prevented from sliding past the predetermined position when the blocking portion abuts the body member.
- 18. The apparatus of claim 17 wherein said body member is rotatably coupled to the floor.
- 19. The apparatus of claim 18 wherein the body member is positioned on the floor inside the swinging path of the door and herein the blocking portion is arranged to prevent the door from opening past a partially open position towards the body member when the door is moved adjacent to the blocking portion.
- 20. The apparatus of claim 9 wherein the predefined door position is a door closed position.
- 21. The apparatus of claim 9 wherein the predefined door position is a partially door open position that is in a direction away from the body member.
- 22. The apparatus of claim 9 wherein the predefined door position is a partially door open position that is in a direction towards the body member.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
The present application is a Continuation-In-Part of U.S. patent application titled, “An Advanced Door Security Lock”, U.S. patent Ser. No. 09/286,134, filed Apr. 1, 1999, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety for all purposes.
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