Now if the door closes you can push it back open with your body even if your hands are full.
Rubber band on door handle crimes.
Loop a rubber band around a doorknob so it makes an x that presses the latch open.
By olivia romero.
She pulls a rubber band over a door handle the reason is pure genius.
It s a sobering thought for anyone who worries about home.
All you have to do is unlatch it.
This trick is especially helpful when you re unloading an armful of groceries or need to open a sticky door.
A simple rubber band says mashable.
The rubber band serves to wedge the door open for the intruder.
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.
What happens is as soon as you unlatch the door the person can bust in.
The rubber band holds the latch down preventing the door from latching shut.
You don t even need to open the door.
She s a midwest gal who.
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.
The rubber band will cushion the slamming.
Hook the rubber band around the doorknobs on both sides of the door making sure it doesn t interfere with the latch.
Thirty minutes after he left she walked outside thinking the person had left a brochure but instead she found a rubber band around the knob.