Put your foot down.

• Position: Lunn Associates Inc. makes doorstops

Put Your Foot Down

Larry Lunn and David Brown decided it was time to stop using bricks, books and potted plants to hold doors open. So they put their foot down--and created the Door Stopper, a springaction, plastic-coated steel doorstop that really works. The foot-operated doorstop compresses and then releases under a door, creating upward force that makes it immovable. The Door Stopper's creators are officers of Lunn Associates, Inc. Lunn is the owner and Brown, vice president of special operations.

DoorStopper's upward force makes it wind resistant and very easy to use. It is operated entirely by the foot and requires no kicking, wedging or bending. The steel spring is coated with protective plastic to prevent marring and scratching. It is available in black, red, white and almond. Because the DoorStopper can be custom imprinted, it can come in handy for promotional uses, fund-raisers, or even company gift-giving.

The idea to create a better doorstop began brewing about five years ago when Brown, then the owner of a machine shop, mentioned his dissatisfaction with the "same 100-year-old wedge" to Lunn, his attorney. The Door Stopper, however, became a reality only this year...