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safe than a front-hinged door. Being rear-hinged, if the vehicle were moving and the door opened, aerodynamic drag would force the door open, and the driver/passenger...

Door breaching is a process used by military, police, or emergency services to force open closed or locked doors. A wide range of methods are available...

A door closer is a mechanical device that regulates the speed and action of a door’s swing. Manual closers store the force used to open the door in some...

The Open Door Policy (Chinese: 門戶開放政策) is the United States diplomatic policy established in the late 19th and early 20th century that called for a system...

A garage door is a large door to allow egress for a garage that opens either manually or by an electric motor (a garage door opener). Garage doors are...

A garage door opener is a motorized device that opens and closes a garage door controlled by switches on the garage wall. Most also include a handheld...

objects which touched a vehicle during a high-speed spinout could trigger the latch; the door would pop open and centrifugal force would eject any unrestrained...

is the origin for the April 1999 statement of a "NATO open door policy". The open door policy requires a consensus in favour of countries applying to join...

(e.g., a vehicle door) the two sides are radically different. Many doors incorporate locking mechanisms to ensure that only some people can open them (such...

A sliding door is a type of door which opens horizontally by sliding, usually parallel to (and sometimes within) a wall. Sliding doors can be mounted either...

A doorstop (also door stopper, door stop or door wedge) is an object or device used to hold a door open or closed, or to prevent a door from opening too...

force broke the wood-edged stile and opened the door. To actually open the steel-edged door required 7 strikes of 100 lb pressure [force]." Most door...

tries to force the door open. Old Joe steps in and tells Hank that an RV is a domicile, and therefore, he cannot legally search it without a warrant....

edge of a door to the frame, while allowing the other edge to swing from it. It usually consists of a pair of plates, each with a set of open cylindrical...

a door. They are commonly used on hotel and motel room doors. Door chains are mainly intended to allow a person inside a structure to open the door slightly...

the door. It is distinct from a spring bolt lock because a deadbolt can only be opened by a key or handle. The more common spring bolt lock uses a spring...

the door motors did indeed begin running, however, attempting to force the door open against the locking sectors and causing damage to the mechanism....

doors on buses and coaches include conventional doors, folding doors, sliding plug doors, coach doors and inward gliding doors. A conventional door,...

also strike and damage a negligently opened or left open door, or injure or kill the exiting motorist or passenger. Doorings can be avoided if the driver...

door gets stuck, and while pounding on it, she hears Guy and the clerk talking and acting as if they do not hear her. She manages to force the door open...