Door stop and holder mechanism

Claim 1

DOOR STOP AND HOLDER MECHANISM COMPRISING IN COMBINATION, A SOCKET MEMBER HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY CYLINDRICAL SOCKET EXTENDING AXIALLY INWARD FROM ONE END THEREOF AND PROVIDED WITH AN ANNULAR GROOVE IN THE WALLS OF SAID SOCKET SPACED FROM THE ENDS THEREOF, AND A SUBSTANTIALLY CYLINDRICAL HEAD MEMBER CLOSELY COMPLEMENTARY TO AND HAVING ONE END RECEIVABLE CO-AXIALLY WITHIN SAID SOCKET FOR A SUBSTANTIAL AXIAL AMOUNT, SAID MEMBERS RESPECTIVELY HAVING SUPPORTING MEANS THEREON CONNECTABLE TO A DOOR AND A SURFACE RELATIVE TO WHICH THE DOOR IS TO BE POSITIONED BY SAID MECHANISM, RELEASABLY ENGAGEABLE LATCH MEANS ON SAID HEAD MEMBER COMPRISING A BORE EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY THROUGH SAID CYLINDRICAL HEAD MEMBER SPACED FROM THE ENDS THEREOF, SIMILAR SUBSTANTIALLY DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED DETENT MEMBERS COMPRISING BALLS RESPECTIVELY PROJECTING FROM THE OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID BORE AND PORTIONS OF EACH DETENT MEMBER EXTENDING BEYOND OPPOSED PORTIONS OF THE OUTER CYLINDRICAL SURFACE OF SAID HEAD, A COMPRESSION SPRING CARRIED WITHIN SAID BORE AND ENGAGING SAID DETENT MEMBERS TO URGE THE SAME APART AND INTO SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID ANNULAR GROOVE WHEN SAID HEAD MEMBER IS PROJECTED INTO THE SOCKET OF SAID SOCKET MEMBER TO EFFECT SUCH ENGAGEMENT, AND MEANS ADJACENT THE OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID BORE PROJECTING FROM THE PERIPHERY OF SAID BORE AND ENGAGING SAID DETENT MEMBERS AND OPEABLE TO RESTRICT THE MOVEMENT OF SAID DETENT MEMBERS OUTWARDLY FROM SAID HEAD TO A PREDETERMINED MAXIMUM AMOUNT, THE DIAMETER OF SAID HEAD MEMBER BEING ONLY SLIGHTLY LESS THAN THAT OF THE SOCKET IN SAID SOCKET MEMBER, WHEREBY SUBSTANTIAL GUIDING OF SAID HEAD MEMBER INTO SAID SOCKET IS PROVIDED TO PREVENT RELATIVE MISALIGNMENT AND INSURE RECEPTION OF BOTH OF SAID DETENT MEMBERS SIMULTANEOUSLY WITHIN SAID ANNULAR GROOVE.