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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 25, 1999
David Truong, San Jose, CA (US);
International Business and Technology Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for holding a door is disclosed. The apparatus includes a body member configured to be coupled to a floor. Further, the apparatus includes a locking member movably coupled to the body member, and having an end that is configured to engage the door. Further still, the apparatus includes a stop arrangement coupled to the locking member and configured to hold the locking member in a predetermined position relative to the body member. The predetermined position associating with a predefined door position, such that the holding prevents the door from moving past a predefined door position when the locking member is engaged with the door.