TODAY’S PATENT – DOORSTOP DEVICE

The Doorstop Device was invented by Shigeki Ikejiri (Miyanojin-machi, Kurume-shi, Fukuoka-ken), Teruyuki Kumadaki (Umemitsu-machi, Kurume-shi, Fukuoka-ken), Yoshihiko Hyakutake (Chikugo-shi, Fukuoka-ken) on the 27^th of November, 2001, and bearing patent number US6321411B1.

An object of the present invention is to provide a doorstop device which can automatically and securely fix a door when the door is open. The doorstop device of the present invention for fixing a door in an open state comprises a door member mounted on a bottom side of a door and a floor member buried in a floor face under a route over which the door member passes when the door is opened, said door member provided with a magnet for attracting a movable piece housed in the floor member, wherein said door member has a fixing member for fixing said movable piece.