Battering apparatus for opening jammed automobile doors

Claim 2

Battering apparatus for interiorly battering interiorly upholstered, jammed automobile doors, and the like, which cannot be opened in the normal manner, comprising: a longitudinally extending support member; upholstery engaging means, swivelally mounted at one end of said support member and engageable with the upholstery on the interior of the jammed door for vertically supporting said one end of said support member on said jammed door; and ram means, including a handle portion at one end and an opposite end supported on the other end of said support member for sliding movement in a to-and-fro longitudinal path of travel between a longitudinally removed position and a striking position, for sharply striking the other end of said support member and driving said support member and said upholstery engaging means longitudinally toward said jammed door to outwardly open the door, said ram means including an impact surface interjacent said handle portion and said opposite end of said support member for impacting the other end of said support member.

Claim 3

The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said upholstery engaging means includes protruding claw means for clinging to the upholstery of said jammed door to support said one end of said support member when said ram means is moving in said to-and-fro path of travel.

Claim 4

The apparatus as set forth in claim 2 wherein said projecting claw means comprises a plate having a plurality of pointed stud means for penetrating said upholstery of said jammed door.

Claim 5

The apparatus of claim 3 wherein said ram means comprises a hollow cylindrical member having a passage at one end thereof telescopically receiving said other end of said support member; and mass means received in said passage axially inwardly from said one end of said hollow cylindrical member and rigidly fixed to said cylindrical member for striking said other end of said support member as said ram means is moved in said path of travel.

Claim 6

The apparatus of claim 3 wherein said other end of said support member converges radially inwardly toward the longitudinal axis of the support member to facilitate mating of said support member and said ram means.

Claim 7

For use with an automobile including a pair of opposed interiorly upholstered side doors having windows therein, one of said side doors being jammed so that it cannot be opened in the normal manner; battering apparatus for quickly opening said jammed door including: a longitudinal support member; denticulated plate means, mounted on one end of said support member and engageable with the upholstery on the interior of said jammed door for vertically supporting said one end of said support member; and a longitudinal, tubular ram, having a handle at one end and an internal passage at the other end receiving the opposite end of said support member, manually movable in a to-and-fro path of travel between a longitudinally removed position and a striking position for sharply striking the support member to drive said support member and said plate means toward said one door to open said one door outwardly, said ram including an impact surface interjacent said handle and said other end for impacting said support member, said ram and said passage being of sufficient length that said opposite end of said support member remains within said passage when said ram is in said striking position; said ram and said support member, together, being of sufficient length such that when said plate means is in engagement with the upholstery on said one door and said ram is in said striking position, said ram extends outwardly past the window of the door opposite the jammed door, a sufficient distance to permit the ram to be manually grasped and moved in said to-and-fro path of travel.

Claim 8

For use with an automobile including a pair of opposed interiorly upholstered side doors having windows therein, one of said side doors being jammed so that it cannot be opened in the normal manner; battering apparatus for quickly opening said jammed door including: a longitudinal support member; denticulated plate means, mounted on one end of said support member and engageable with the upholstery on the interior of said jammed door for vertically supporting said one end of said support member; and a longitudinal, tubular ram, having a handle at one end and an internal passage at the other end receiving the opposite end of said support member, manually movable in a to-and-fro path of travel between a longitudinally removed position and a striking position for sharply striking the support member to drive said support member and said plate means toward said one door to open said one door outwardly, said ram including an impact surface interjacent said handle and said other end for impacting said support member, said ram and said passage being of sufficient length that said opposite end of said support member remains within said passage when said ram is in said striking position; said ram and said support member, together, being of sufficient length such that when said plate means is in engagement with the upholstery on said one door and said ram is in said striking position, said ram extends outwardly past the window of the door opposite the jammed door, a sufficient distance to permit the ram to be manually grasped and moved in said to-and-fro path of travel.