ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,678, issued on May 13.
"Device to slow or stop a door from opening" was invented by Erik Kelsey Wade (Anaheim, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for slowing or stopping a door from opening or moving may include a base designed to be attached to the door, the base including a magnet mounted thereto; and a spring loaded blade hingeably attached to a bottom portion of the base, the spring loaded blade having a proximal flat end and a distal pointed end, wherein the blade is configured to pivot from a first closed orientation to a second deployed configuration. When the blade is in the first closed orientation the blade is e...