device of the invention includes elongate housing generally designated as 11 housing 11 includes track 12 along which reciprocating member 17 may slide reciprocating member 17 receives rod 14 and also translates the degree of the door 39 s open or closed position to a point along the rectilinear path of track 12 it should be understood that the preferred embodiment of the present invention is intended to be used with a door having a separate door closer not shown which continuously urges the door toward a closed position however it is within the scope of the invention to integrate a door closer component within the housing used for the present hold open device reciprocating member 17 has two resilient fingers which extend toward pivotable latch arms 30 and serve as latch arm receiving means these fingers may comprise nylon or plastic or any other material which is somewhat stiff yet resilient the end of each finger contains an outward protrusion the edge of each protrusion closest to the center of reciprocating member 17 is a convex arc with a radius of 1 8 inch the arc swings out from the outside of fingers 25 the tips of fingers 25 comprise.