| Whether you are carrying in a bundle of groceries, | | | | lying around to get tangled. The rubber doorstop can |
| giving your home a nice breeze of fresh air, or trying | | | | be placed on the wall behind the doorknob and serve |
| to vacuum multiple rooms, there is nothing worse than | | | | as a door bumper with the purpose of stopping the |
| being without a door stop and having a door slam in | | | | knob from slamming into the wall behind it. Many hotels |
| your face or even pinch your fingers. This usually | | | | have chosen this type of door stop, which is especially |
| happens when there isn't an adequate way to keep | | | | appreciated by the housekeeping staff. |
| the door open! No one likes to push heavy furniture or | | | | Though door stops seem like the most uncomplicated |
| items in front of their door just to hold it open, which is | | | | device, you'd be surprised how many people get it |
| why Osburn Dorsey invented the doorstop, and many | | | | wrong and hurt themselves in the process. To insert a |
| other door-related items, in 1878. | | | | door wedge, hold the door and use your foot to push |
| Doorstops may seem as simple as they come, but | | | | the tip of the wedge up to the door. While steadying |
| there are many qualities that define a superior | | | | the wedge in place, pull the door back onto the door |
| doorstop. First and foremost is the material that the | | | | wedge. Removal of the doorstop is just the reverse |
| door wedge is created from. A high-grade flexible | | | | of this, but remember not to unwedge with too much |
| rubber door stop is what the customer should really be | | | | force, or you may bruise an appendage or two. |
| looking for, which prevents damage to the door and | | | | Simple? It certainly is! |
| floor, and a rubber door stop is much easier to remove | | | | A rubber door wedge can handle a variety of doors |
| than a plastic door stop. Rubber door stops should also | | | | types, depending on their quality. A superior interior |
| have a type of slotted grip on the bottom to serve as | | | | exterior door stop will be able to handle any |
| the ultimate doorwedge. And most importantly, be | | | | heavy-duty, spring-loaded door. Therefore, doorstops |
| made of non-toxic safe substance, in the case of | | | | are not only useful in the home, but should be on the |
| being grabbed by small children and pets. | | | | list of typical church supplies, restaurant supplies, hotel |
| A recent development in the exciting world of | | | | supplies, (handy for as a hotel door stop for |
| doorstops is the Door Doggie, which is a high-grade | | | | housekeeping especially) office supplies, school |
| flexible rubber door wedge with a chain attached to | | | | supplies and more. |
| the doorknob. This rubber door stop with leash serves | | | | The door wedge has saved many walls, elbows and |
| many purposes, including the basic elimination of having | | | | luggage carriers from being smashed by a swinging |
| to constantly bend over to retrieve the doorstop, | | | | door. By simply wedging a rubber door stop beneath |
| which is such a pain. This also abolishes the concept of | | | | the door, jobs that once took many people to perform |
| constantly lost doorstops, ("Where is that thing?"). | | | | (holding the door open for someone) and a much |
| When the door stopper is not in use, many can be | | | | longer time to perform than needed, now can be done |
| purchased with a wall mount, so that a chain isn't just | | | | quickly and smoothly. |