Locks can be secured in an open position with tape, or the doorknobs reversed, with the lock on the outside of the door.
When a child calls a doorknob "apple," it could mean that the doorknob is like an apple.
Clark (1973) gives the example of a child who called a doorknob apple.
Also, objects such as metal measuring spoons hung from a doorknob will rattle and awaken the care provider if a patient attempts to leave a room.
It is also possible to use childproof doorknob covers which require agility to open to keep patients from entering areas where they may come to harm.
The house was eventually completed, but the builder maintained that it was not completed and, as justification, pointed to the fact that such things as doorknobs had not been fitted.
It follows multiple but interconnected storylines, is peppered with photographs of doorknobs and other such oddities, and ends with a 14-page flipbook.
She has irrational fears of doorknobs, stoves, refrigerators, realtors and the telephone.