Adjustable Door Stop Mount for Angled Surfaces
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing door stop solutions fail to reliably maintain a desired orientation on varying mounting surfaces, leading to suboptimal engagement and ineffective retention of doors, especially when surfaces are angled or curved, and are prone to accidental misalignment or disengagement.
Innovation Solution
A door stop assembly featuring an adjustable mount assembly with inter-connected truncated disks and a coupling mechanism that allows the door stop to be securely mounted at various angles, ensuring optimal engagement with the door and preventing accidental rotation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a fixed-angle mount assembly is used, then the manufacturing and installation process is simple, but the door stop cannot adapt to varying mounting surface angles, resulting in suboptimal engagement
Solution Approach 1:
The mount assembly incorporates an adjustable angle mechanism that allows the door stop body to be positioned at multiple angles (0°, 15°, 30°, 45°) relative to the mounting surface. This dynamic adjustment capability enables adaptation to varying mounting surface angles while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure through modular design elements such as the adjustable angle mechanism and strike plate positioning system.
2Device complexity
If a simple wedge-shaped door stop is used, then the device structure is simple, but it causes friction damage to the floor and cannot prevent door slamming into walls
Solution Approach 1:
The door stop is segmented into distinct functional components: a mounting assembly for secure attachment to vertical surfaces, a door stop body with controlled engagement surfaces, and a strike plate for door attachment. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function optimally - the mounting assembly prevents damage to mounting surfaces, the door stop body controls door positioning without excessive friction, and the strike plate provides a dedicated target for door closure, thereby preventing slamming damage to walls.
Solution Approach 2:
The door stop body acts as an intermediary element between the door and the mounting surface. Instead of allowing direct contact between the door and mounting surface (which would cause damage), the door stop body provides a controlled interface that manages the interaction forces, distributing loads appropriately and preventing harmful friction and impact damage to both the floor and walls.
3Ease of operation
If a wall or floor-mounted door stop with fixed orientation is used, then the mounting process is straightforward, but it cannot compensate for angled or curved baseboards, resulting in weak retention
Solution Approach 1:
The mount assembly incorporates an adjustable angle mechanism that allows the door stop body to be positioned at multiple angles (0°, 15°, 30°, 45°) relative to the mounting surface. This dynamic adjustment capability enables adaptation to varying mounting surface angles while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure through modular design elements such as the adjustable angle mechanism and strike plate positioning system.
4Adaptability or versatility
If the door stop is mounted too close or far from the door, then the mounting location is flexible, but the strike plate contacts the door stop at an angle, resulting in suboptimal engagement
Solution Approach 1:
The mount assembly incorporates an adjustable angle mechanism that allows the door stop body to be positioned at multiple angles (0°, 15°, 30°, 45°) relative to the mounting surface. This dynamic adjustment capability enables adaptation to varying mounting surface angles while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure through modular design elements such as the adjustable angle mechanism and strike plate positioning system.
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure generally relates a stop apparatus for use with a system comprising: a first component having a first surface; and a second component having a second surface. The second component is movable relative to the first component. The first surface and the second surface are disposed at different orientations when the first surface is located in proximity to the second surface. The stop apparatus is operable to be disposed between the two surfaces and operable to prevent them directly contacting each other. The apparatus may comprise an elongated body and an adjustable setting mount assembly inter-connected to the body. The mount assembly is operable to selectively adjust the angle at which the body is mounted relative to the first mounting surface over a range of angles.