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1. A method for wedging a door against forced opening,
the door having a dead bolt lock mounted on the door; the dead bolt lock including a lock plate screwed to an internal surface of the door; the dead bolt lock being operable by a key externally of the door and by a lever internally of the door at the lock plate to move between locked and unlocked positions of the dead bolt lock, the method comprising: attaching a bracket to the inside surface of the door by clamping the bracket underneath the lock plate at the dead bolt lock so that the bracket remains in place; with the bracket in place on the door, attaching a wedge device to the bracket, the wedge device comprising: a base member engaging the floor inside the door; a leg extending from the base member to the bracket; a housing attached to the leg and including attachment members by which the housing is releasably attached to the bracket; the leg being pivotally mounted on the housing so as to be movable between a raised position in which the base member is free from the floor to allow free opening of the door and a lowered position in which the base member engages the floor; with the housing attached to the bracket, operating the dead bolt lock so that the lever rotates and engages an operator carried on the housing which causes movement of the operator to hold the leg in the lowered position of the leg; with the housing attached to the bracket, operating the dead bolt lock so that the lever rotates and engages the operator carried on the housing which causes movement of the operator to effect lifting of the leg relative to the housing to the raised position of the leg; and with the leg in the raised position removing the housing and leg from the bracket. |
