Abstract: A sliding privacy door and lockset system for doors of the types generally known as “barn doors” and/or “pocket doors”, due to these doors being slidably mounted on a rail or rails positioned above a doorway or otherwise in or near a doorway. The present invention includes a lockset comprising a strike plate mounted to a door, and a lockset sub-assembly mounted to a door jamb. The lockset sub-assembly includes an actuating arm connected axially to a rotatable extension of a thumb turn. During operation, the distal end of the actuating arm rotates from an unlocked position to a locked position, that is, the distal end of the actuating arm rests within a slot in the strike plate. The strike plate may include a bump to limit the actuating arm's rotation, and a flush pull handle comprising an opening configured to provide a user's hand(s) with a place to grip.

Abstract: Locksets primarily intended for use in interior residential doors and that have a concealed fastener mechanism positioned on one side of the lockset, the mechanism including connecting a first handle connected to a second handle through a spindle with the concealed fastener mechanism comprising a generally cylindrical housing including a torsion spring, a timing plate and a cover plate, the housing including an internally threaded central aperture, the timing plate including at least one tab adapted to cooperate with said torsion spring to return the handle to its at-rest position after rotation, a spindle expansion and stabilizing screw adapted to eliminate any gap between the spindle and the timing plate and a spindle set screw that, when engaged eliminates any gap between the spindle and its handle to thereby eliminate the “wobble” that otherwise could be in the lockset.

Abstract: A keypad lockset adapted for deadbolt as well as lever locks, and having as a first embodiment an exterior gear train, an interior gear train, and an electronically controlled clutch for coupling the gear trains when engaged and for uncoupling the gear trains when the clutch is disengaged, so that when the clutch is engaged rotation of an external thumb turn will permit the door latch to be withdrawn and thus to permit opening of the door, and a mechanical override mechanism that can be operated in case of electrical failure, and in which clutch mechanism and the override mechanism both operate through the single, standard 2? inch door preparation hole, or alternatively as a second embodiment, a keypad lockset in which two four-bar mechanical linkages are used in place of gears as means to actuate the clutch, and alternatively to provide for a pass-through override function.

Abstract: A keypad lockset adapted for deadbolt as well as lever locks, and having as a first embodiment an exterior gear train, an interior gear train, and an electronically controlled clutch for coupling the gear trains when engaged and for uncoupling the gear trains when the clutch is disengaged, so that when the clutch is engaged rotation of an external thumb turn will permit the door latch to be withdrawn and thus to permit opening of the door, and a mechanical override mechanism that can be operated in case of electrical failure, and in which clutch mechanism and the override mechanism both operate through the single, standard 2 and ? inch door preparation hole, or alternatively as a second embodiment, a keypad lockset in which two four-bar mechanical linkages are used in place of gears as means to actuate the clutch, and alternatively to provide for a pass-through override function.

Abstract: A ramp weight-reducing assembly which reduces the weight of a ramp manually lifted up to the working surface of a vehicle bed by an operator to then couple the ramp with the bed to maintain the ramp in load-bearing position. The assembly is simple in design, easy to manufacture and low in cost which will allow the manufacturer to offer the assembly to the majority of ramp users at a minimal price. The ramp weight-reducing assembly includes a ramp and a ramp connector, modified to accept a weight-reducing spring assembly between the ramp and ramp connector legs. The spring assembly includes a piston rod coupled to the ramp having a stop, inserted into a main compression spring which is then inserted into a hole in a support bar that spans the two connector legs running parallel to each other. The spring assembly also includes two supplemental springs attached to plates between the ramp and ramp connector. The springs cooperate to reduce the weight lifted by an operator raising or lowering the ramp.