To keep that from happening take a rubber band and loop it around one doorknob or handle.
Rubber band on door.
You don t need for those baby proof cabinet locks for your double door cabinet or tv stand to arrive.
Hook the rubber band around the doorknobs on both sides of the door making sure it doesn t interfere with the latch.
According to kim s local sheriff this is becoming more commonly seen in burglaries.
She pulls a rubber band over a door handle the reason is pure genius.
By olivia romero.
The rubber band can hold the door open once the lock is disengaged.
People that find a rubber band on their front door should stop and call the police we all want to assume that we re safe inside our own homes.
Wrap a rubber band around the neck of the dispenser this will keep it from being pushed all the way down and make less soap come out.
Burglars place a rubber band around the door knob allowing them to barge into the house as soon as the home owner unlatches the door without having to wait for the home owner to actually turn the knob.
But the truth is that criminals can and do exist everywhere even in the most unassuming of towns and there s no telling whether or not your home is next on their list.
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Unscrew a tight.
Loop a rubber band around a doorknob so it makes an x that presses the latch open.
Open a door easily.
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Now if the door closes you can push it back open with your body even if your hands are full.
When she finally opened her front door she found a rubber band wrapped around her doorknob.
Use the peephole don t answer the door if you are not expecting someone.
Then twist the rubber band once and then loop it around the other knob.
The rubber band will cushion the slamming.
The rubber band holds the latch down preventing the door from latching shut.
Baby proof cabinet doors.
On 21 april 2016 facebook user kim fleming posted an image of a rubber band stretched over a door latch handle along with a message warning people about a new method of employing rubber bands.