This trick is especially helpful when you re unloading an armful of groceries or need to open a sticky door.
What does rubber band on front door mean.
When she finally opened her front door she found a rubber band wrapped around her doorknob.
Some who commented why the would be burglar would have left the rubber band on the door after nobody answered.
It might not have sounded.
Whole thing seems dubious.
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.
Then twist the rubber band once and then loop it around the other knob.
Tough to do when the door keeps latching shut.
To keep that from happening take a rubber band and loop it around one doorknob or handle.
Others questioned whether a rubber band on a door latch would actually prevent a lock from latching a woman who said she worked in the door hardware industry said it would if the rubber band applied enough pressure.
A woman shared her story on facebook so if you have a rubber band around the knob call 911.
People that find a rubber band on their front door should stop and call the police.
No reason given why you shouldn t touch it.
Allegedly robbers use it to hold latch open so they can burst in after you open the lock.
The rubber band holds the latch down preventing the door from latching shut.
Loop a rubber band around a doorknob so it makes an x that presses the latch open.
According to kim s local sheriff this is becoming more commonly seen in burglaries.
That was when she noticed something strange on her door handle it was an ordinary rubber band the same kind that you could easily purchase at any office supply store and it was wrapped around the door latch.