Rigid Patents (Class 292/42)
  • Patent number: 11432606
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein relate to magnetic fasteners capable of transitioning between a locked state and an unlocked state. In some embodiments, the magnetic fastener includes a first fastening portion and a second fastening portion configured to interface with one another. The first fastening portion may include a first pin with a channel configured to receive a second pin disposed on the second fastening portion. The channel may include a recess and the second pin may include a projection complementary to the recess such that the projection may be disposed within the recess when the respective central axes of the first and second fastening portions are offset. Thus, a portion of the recess may abut the projection when the respective central axes of the first and second fastening portions are offset, thus locking the first and second fastening portions relative to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Romag Fasteners, Inc.
    Inventors: Howard J. Reiter, Tim Kwok Cheung
  • Patent number: 10798913
    Abstract: A pet companion cage is disclosed herein, has three or more rectangular metal fence panels, the rectangular metal fence panels are configured to be connected to each other on sides to form an enclosed area, wherein each rectangular metal fence panel is connected to a neighboring rectangular metal fence panel on both sides through hinges or latches. A supporting beam is provided on the top of each rectangular metal fence panel. All the supporting beams meet above a center of the pet companion cage, being fixed with a plastic member. A tarpaulin is placed over the supporting beams to cover pet cages. At least one of the rectangular metal fence panels has a feeding opening. The feeding opening has a door panel. The feeding opening is positioned on the top half of the rectangular metal fence panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: SHANGHAI NEOCRAFT TOOL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hongwen Zhu
  • Patent number: 10638721
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a novel pet cage door, including a door frame and a switch door capable of rotating relative to the door frame so as to be opened and closed. A locking apparatus is disposed between the switch door and the door frame, and the locking apparatus includes a housing disposed on the switch door. The present invention has a simple structure and requires low costs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Inventor: Hongkun Liang
  • Patent number: 10352077
    Abstract: The lid opening and closing mechanism in the present disclosure has an operating member which is displaceable relative to a housing body, and a drive mechanism. When the operating member is in a first position relative to the housing body, the drive mechanism locks the lid so that the lid does not move in a predetermined direction, and when the operating member is moved to a second position relative to the housing body, the drive mechanism releases the lock on the lid, moves the lid in the predetermined direction by at least a predetermined distance, and separates the lid from a predetermined face in a direction perpendicular to the predetermined face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Panansonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Mori, Kenichi Shindo
  • Patent number: 10161165
    Abstract: A portable suitcase with an electronic combination locking device includes a suitcase body, a suitcase cover, a pair of lock hooks installed to the suitcase cover, a pair of first openings formed on the suitcase body for accommodating the lock hooks, a first locking device installed on an outer top surface of the suitcase cover, and a set of numeric keys and first buttons installed on the first locking device; a second locking device installed onto the suitcase body, a second button device installed onto the second locking device and disposed opposite to the first button, and a pair of latch mechanisms for receiving the actuation of the second button device, and the first locking device receives a correct unlock password to release the lock of the first button, and the second button device receives the actuation of the first button to detach the latch mechanism from the lock hook.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Dongguan Chongwei Metals & Plastic Products Factory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Mengxiao Yuan
  • Patent number: 9943063
    Abstract: A multi-stacked-hinge-door pet crate comprises top, bottom, left, right, front, and rear panels attached to one another, multi-function slanted urine-storing bed having built-in gutters and ridges disposed on the bottom panel, a grooming platform, multi-function shock-absorbing gussets covering all the corners of the panels to lock the grooming platform and to absorb shocks and vibrations, and a multi-function door having double hinges thereon to allow door to open and fold, triple locking rods to lock the multi-function door the front panel, a palm knob with palm recesses and palm hills for an arthritic to use without the need for folding his or her fingers, a spring-loaded palm knob to lock the multi-function door against and parallel to the top panel, and double magnets attached to the multi-function door and the front panel, respectively, to stop the multi-function door from swinging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Inventor: Dee Volin
  • Patent number: 9625944
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present disclosure may take the form of an electronic device. The electronic device includes a housing defining a port and a cavity, a processing element contained within the cavity of the housing, an input/output device (such as, but not limited to, a sound wave transducer) in selective communication with the port, and a flow-blocking member movably connected to the housing. The flow-blocking member selectively prevents fluid-flow, such as the flow of air, through the port. The electronic device also includes a fluid repelling member connected to the housing and positioned in a flow path between the port and the input/output device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventor: Douglas J. Weber
  • Patent number: 8931814
    Abstract: An arrangement for a vehicle body of a motor vehicle is provided. The arrangement includes a lock crossbeam having a front wall and a hood lock fastened on the front wall of the lock crossbeam and having a lock case. The front wall has a first depression in which the hood lock is at least partially accommodated. The first depression is stepped. The front wall has a front stop surface that is spaced apart from a rear stop surface. The lock case presses against the front stop surface and the rear stop surface while a middle part of the lock case is accommodated in the first depression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventor: Udo Mildner
  • Publication number: 20140215924
    Abstract: The present invention provides a gate latch, comprising: a drop bolt mounted to a first gate member, the drop bolt mounted to a first gate member, the drop bolt moveable along a locking axis; a striker block mounted to a second gate member, the striker block comprising: a first striker surface extending away from the locking axis at a first angle; and a second striker surface extending away from the locking axis at a second angle; and a third striker surface having a tangent line substantially parallel to the locking axis; and a housing for receiving the striker block; wherein the gate latch is locked when the striker bolt is received in the housing and the drop bolt is positioned adjacent to the third striker surface of the striker block. The gate latch has use with swing gates, of the type commonly used in cattle pens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: SAFERGATE GROUP PTY LTD
    Inventor: Edward Evans
  • Patent number: 8684421
    Abstract: A locking system includes a carrier member at least one locking member extending from the rod. The carrier member is movable between a first locked position in which the locking member engages a locking receptacle to maintain a container cover in a closed position and a second unlocked position in which the locking member disengages from the locking receptacle and the cover is movable between the closed and open position. The locking system includes a blocking member at a second end of the carrier member. The blocking member is movable between a first engaged position in which the rod abuts a portion of the blocking member and maintains the elongate rod in the first locked position and a second disengaged position in which the rod disengages from the blocking member and a biasing unit urges the rod in the second unlocked position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Apex Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Henry Cowie, Richard A. Samsel
  • Patent number: 8657345
    Abstract: A safe linkage lockset has a holding box, wherein a left and a right driving seat are assembled into its internal holding space parallelly and reversely. A linkage member is set rotatably between the driving seats. A door handle assembling portion is formed on the middle of the linkage member. The assembling portion could be provided with a door handle. When pressing the door handle, the linkage member will be driven so that the driving seats are driven close to each other. When pulling up the handle, the driving seats are driven far away from each other. Two bolt bars are separately located into the assembly hole of the driven end on left and right driving seats, and the action end of bolt bar is protruded out of the holding box. Hence, this could adapt to common users locking and unlocking habit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Inventor: Feng-Ming Shih
  • Patent number: 8624736
    Abstract: A status monitoring device for a fenestration unit is provided. The device is positioned in or on the fenestration unit and includes a panel position sensor and a lock status sensor. The device is capable of transmitting panel position data and lock status data to a remote device, trigger an audible alarm on the device or the remote device, trigger a visual alarm on the device or the remote device, or a combination of these.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Andersen Corporation
    Inventors: Sachin Gore, David Plummer, Daniel Timmerman
  • Patent number: 8534099
    Abstract: In a lock drive train, the combination includes a pivoted lock bolt to be carried by a door, a casing, a rotary cylinder operatively rotatable during door opening or closing, a rack driven endwise in response to cylinder rotation, a gear rotatable by the driven rack, a pivoted lock dog driven by the gear, a bolt release lever, pivotable by the gear, between angular positions in which it is retained by the lock dog, the angular positions corresponding to extended and retracted positions of the bolt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Adams Rite Manufacturing Co.
    Inventors: Thomas J. Wheeler, William Chung-Sum Chow
  • Patent number: 8459702
    Abstract: Cremone-bolt door-locking controlled by rack-and-pinion means. The cremone-bolt rod is connected to a first rack support that is slidably mounted inside a housing that houses a second slidably mounted rack support, each rack support carrying a rack segment in engagement with a pinion, at least one rack segment being hinged to its own rack support and being provided with a set of teeth that is extended over a curved portion of its end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Adler S.A.S.
    Inventors: Eric Michel Yves Bourgain, Christophe Martin, Jean-Jacques Masson
  • Patent number: 8419079
    Abstract: A latch mechanism including a housing, a first device, a first sliding member, a second sliding member, a stopping portion and a second device is provided. The first and second devices and the first and second sliding members are disposed on the housing, wherein the first sliding member is located between the first device and the second sliding member. The stopping portion is disposed on at least one of the first device and the first sliding member for restricting a sliding distance of the first sliding member relative to the first device. The first sliding member is not allowed to drive the second sliding member to slide relative to the housing along a first direction to disengage the second device when sliding until the first device is detached from the housing and the engagement between the first device and the first sliding member is released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Inventec Corporation
    Inventors: Lung-Pai Cheng, Yun-Tang Lin, Wei-Hsiang Lu
  • Publication number: 20130026768
    Abstract: According to embodiments of the invention, a device for securing the passive panel of a double door assembly includes a rotatable handle for retracting and extending remote bolts to secure the passive panel to the door frame, and a lock bolt that can be extended and retracted by a separate control to secure the passive panel to the active panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2012
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Inventors: Douglas A. Nolte, Yoshikazu Nakanishi, Manabu Shimoji
  • Patent number: 8342580
    Abstract: A locking system includes a carrier member at least one locking member extending from the rod. The carrier member is movable between a first locked position in which the locking member engages a locking receptacle to maintain a container cover in a closed position and a second unlocked position in which the locking member disengages from the locking receptacle and the cover is movable between the closed and open position. The locking system includes a blocking member at a second end of the carrier member. The blocking member is movable between a first engaged position in which the rod abuts a portion of the blocking member and maintains the elongate rod in the first locked position and a second disengaged position in which the rod disengages from the blocking member and a biasing unit urges the rod in the second unlocked position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Apex Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Henry Cowie, Richard A. Samsel
  • Publication number: 20120319411
    Abstract: The disclosure is directed to a multi-point latch system (1) including an operating unit (2) with at least two independently operatable operating means (3.1, 3.2). Each operating means (3.1, 3.2) is interconnected to at least two locking means (4.1, 4.2) arranged adjacent to each other. Said locking means defining locking points (5) individually activatable by said operating means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Inventor: Matthias Müller
  • Patent number: 8328246
    Abstract: An enclosure of an electronic device includes a chassis defining an opening, a cover attached to the chassis to shield the opening of the chassis, and a latch apparatus mounted to the cover to lock the cover to the chassis. The latch apparatus includes a driving mechanism, a first latch mechanism, and a second latch mechanism. The first and the second latch mechanisms are connected to the driving mechanisms. The driving mechanism is manipulated to operate the first latch mechanism to engage with a first edge of the chassis, and drive the second latch mechanism to engage with a second edge of the chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Guang-Yi Zhang, Jia-Qi Fu, Xu-Fei Liang
  • Patent number: 8291732
    Abstract: A retractable hand lever actuator which can be locked in a trough for driving a latch for a switch cabinet or the like is described. The hand lever is articulated at a drive shaft supported in the trough. According to the invention, the hand lever actuator comprises a handle such as a T-handle or L-handle having two connection levers which are arranged relative to one another in a parallelogram configuration and which are articulated by one end at the drive shaft and by the other end in a similar manner at the handle in such a way that, on the one hand, they hold the handle in its direction parallel to the extension of the trough when the handle is folded out of the trough and, on the other hand, are able to transmit a rotational movement of the handle to the drive shaft in the folded out position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: DIRAK Dieter Ramsauer Konstruktionselemente GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Ramsauer, Klaus Bergmann, Reinhard Gottschling
  • Publication number: 20120175891
    Abstract: An opening and closing assembly for a storage compartment provided on a dashboard of a vehicle comprises a first housing, a push button including a first slider, a second housing and a second slider. The push button is movably supported on the first housing. The first slider has a first inclined face at a rear end thereof. The second housing is mounted adjacent the first housing. The second slider is movably supported on the second housing. The second slider includes at least one clip on one end for connecting the second slider to the second housing and a second inclined face on the other end. A longitudinal axis of the second slider is substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the first slider such that the second inclined face faces the first inclined face of the first slider. The at least one clip of the second slider is movable toward a striker to unlock the storage compartment when the second inclined face is pressed by the first inclined face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2011
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Nathaniel J. Buchheit
  • Publication number: 20110163553
    Abstract: A latch and lock extension is provided for a round top door, for use in combination with a multipoint latch and lock mechanism of the type disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,290,077. The extension comprises a curved channel for guiding an elongated auxiliary actuator drive bar along a curved path from one side edge of the door where it is coupled with a main drive bar as disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,290,077, to at least one auxiliary latch cartridge disposed generally at the top of the round top door for engaging an associated keeper in the top of the door frame. The auxiliary actuator drive bar is constructed from an assembled plurality of articulating links and a plurality of relatively rigid bridge links to accommodate the size and curved shape of the curved channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2011
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: W & F MANUFACTURING, INC.
    Inventor: Paul D. Fleming
  • Patent number: 7946080
    Abstract: A passive lock assembly is suitable for use with a door mounted to a door frame. The passive lock assembly includes a housing, a bolt, an actuator, and a stop member. The housing is mounted on the door. The bolt extends from the housing and is moveable between an extended position and a retracted position. The actuator is supported by the housing and is operably connected to the bolt. Additionally, the actuator is moveable to move the bolt between the extended position and the retracted position. The stop member is pivotably connected to the housing and pivotable between a first position and a second position. In the first position, the stop member engages an engagement surface of the actuator to obstruct movement of the actuator and prevent movement of the bolt to the retracted position, and in the second position, the stop member does not obstruct movement of the actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Newell Operating Company
    Inventors: Todd Ellerton, Markus E. Muller, Christopher C. Rindels
  • Patent number: 7775564
    Abstract: An animal-resistant latching system for inhibiting animals from accessing food and food containing refuse within containers. The device is composed of an access panel containing an opening to which is secured at least one latching members, a cam assembly, a cover, and a bracket. The latching members are positioned so as to inhibit access to the container when the member is in the latched position and allow access to the container when the member is in the unlatched position. The cam assembly communicates with the latching members so as to move the members between the latched and unlatched positions. The cover and bracket are dimensioned and positioned on the access panel in a predetermined manner so as allow human hands access to the cam assembly and unlatch the container while simultaneously inhibiting such access by animals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Compumeric Engineering, Inc.
    Inventor: David E Moore
  • Patent number: 7753418
    Abstract: A door latch operator includes a hand grip actuator lever for retracting one or more latch bolts mounted at a free side edge of a door, such as an entry door for a residence or place of business. The actuator lever is pivotally mounted at an inboard side of a manually grasped handle for grasping and squeezing with the fingers against the door handle to operate a torque converter or cam module for indexing a rotary cam through a rotary step. The rotary cam is coupled to a latch bolt retractor mechanism for retracting the latch bolt or bolts and thereby permit opening of the door. In a preferred form, the latch bolt retractor mechanism operates multiple latch bolts mounted along the free side edge of the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: W & F Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul D. Fleming
  • Patent number: 7712798
    Abstract: A locking handle which is in particular provided for a motor vehicle comprises a star handle which is rotatably supported around an axle and to which one or more locking rods are fastened. An improved locking handle of this type comprises a longitudinally displaceably guided slide actuator with an actuator part. An engagement part is provided at the star handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Dura Automotive Plettenberg Entwicklungs- und Vertriebs GmbH
    Inventors: Jürgen Kraus, Ralf Gerndorf
  • Publication number: 20100066100
    Abstract: The description is of a fastening device for securing a fitting such as a lock case, bar guide, or the like, to the back of a thin wall such as a sheet metal cabinet door which is provided, if necessary, with an opening for the fitting. According to the invention, a projection such as a nose, shoulder, head pin or bent portion projects from the back, possibly from the edge area of the opening, if any, which projection forms at its free end a recess or notch or opening or fold behind which a clip element projecting from the fitting engages in the mounted position so as to secure the fitting to the wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2007
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Inventor: Dieter Ramsauer
  • Patent number: 7585005
    Abstract: A bezel has a locking mechanism that allows bezel designs to locate the bezel lock anywhere along the length of the bezel. The bezel includes a bezel frame, a first plunger mechanism, and a second plunger mechanism. Each plunger mechanism is moveably coupled to the bezel frame at opposite ends of the bezel frame and is movable between a latched position and an unlatched position. A first rod is attached to the first plunger mechanism and a second rod is attached to the second plunger mechanism. A cam lock is positioned between the first rod and the second rod. The cam lock is movable between a locked position and an unlocked position, wherein the cam lock restricts movement of both rods sufficiently to stop the plunger mechanisms from moving from the latched position to the unlatched position when the cam lock is in the locked position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventors: Gerald J. Cote, W. Brian Cunningham, Albert F. Beinor, Jr., C. Ilhan Gundogan
  • Patent number: 7581768
    Abstract: An anti-effraction safety system for a door or window frame comprising a fixed frame and a mobile frame, in which the mobile frame comprises at least one sectional element with a longitudinal groove with two undercut portions set on opposite sides of a longitudinal central opening and in which at least one transmission rod slidably engages said groove and can be displaced in a longitudinal direction by means of a control handle. Fixed to the transmission rod is at least one closing element co-operating with a complementary detent fixed to the fixed frame. The transmission rod has two through openings both open on respective longitudinal edges of the rod. The closing element comprises two separate complementary parts fixed to one another, in which each of said separate parts engages a respective through opening of the transmission rod and has a respective tenon that slidably engages in a longitudinal direction a respective undercut portion of the groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2009
    Assignee: Savio S.p.A.
    Inventor: Aimone Balbo Di Vinadio
  • Patent number: 7481403
    Abstract: A panel structure capable of being attached with or detached from a supporting stand mainly comprises a base seat installed at a panel, a base plate installed at the upper end of the supporting stand and a sliding mass capable of being slid in the base seat. Whereby, the base plate in an accepting groove of the base seat can directly be pressed and positioned in the accepting groove through the sliding mass so that the panel can be chosen to be assembled with or detached from the supporting stand depending on the place and the requirement if is practically used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventor: Min Hao Yuan
  • Patent number: 7370890
    Abstract: A storage cabinet comprises: a container having a floor, upright side walls and a rear wall attached to and extending upwardly from the floor, and a ceiling attached to the side walls and rear wall, the floor, side walls, rear wall, and ceiling defining a storage cavity; a vertical support member extending upwardly from the floor; at least one door pivotally attached to one of the side walls and movable between an open position, in which the cavity is accessible from a position forward thereof, and a closed position, in which the door contacts the support member and prevents access to the cavity from a position forward thereof; and a latching mechanism attached to the support member. The latching mechanism includes two release members protruding forwardly from the support member, wherein an upper one of the release members is positioned above a lower one of the release members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: Delta Consolidated Industries
    Inventor: Richard A. Samsel
  • Patent number: 7040672
    Abstract: A bolt lock, especially for control-cabinet doors or similar doors or flaps. The lock comprises a flat-bar bolt that is mounted to move parallel to the edge of the door, preferably within the arc of swing of the door. Disposed on the flat-bar bolt is at least one locking section. A bolt holder is mounted on the frame of the door to receive and hold the locking section. An actuator is provided for longitudinal displacement of the flat-bar bolt between an unlocked and a locked position. To provide a more secure lock that cannot become stuck, there is provided that to form the locking section, at least a portion of a length of the flat-bar bolt is twisted about a longitudinal axis of the bolt such that the twisted portion is disposed at an angle to an orientation of the bolt and provides a locking surface. The bolt holder is provided with a catch that is disposed at the same angle relative to the bolt as is the locking surface, with the catch being adapted to engage over the locking surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: EMKA Beschlagteile GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Friedhelm Runge, Manfred Sauerland, Dirk Beckmannshagen
  • Patent number: 6883838
    Abstract: A locking necked barrel bolt apparatus includes an attachment plate having a hollow barrel body attached to an upper surface thereof. A neck bolt having first and second sections rotatably connected to one another is slidably disposed within the barrel body. The first section has a handle extending therefrom and the second section has an angled portion configured to be inserted into an aperture of a locking plate. The handle of the first section is capable of being turned into a locking notch of the apparatus to secondarily lock the apparatus and prevent the bolt from unwantingly being removed from the locking plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2005
    Inventor: Edward Anthony Clive Horton
  • Publication number: 20040227350
    Abstract: An exit device for a door having a first stile, a second stile, and a midrail coupled to the first and second stiles and defining a cutout. The exit device comprises a latching mechanism positioned in the cutout. A pushbar positioned in the cutout encloses the latching mechanism and has a front surface. The front surface is positionable in an extended position and a depressed position. The front surface defines a plurality of apertures which communicate with the latching mechanism. A lid slideably engages the front surface and has a closed position and an open position. The lid covers the plurality of apertures in the closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2004
    Publication date: November 18, 2004
    Applicant: Dor-O-Matic, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Bettin Cohrs, Eric K. Arthur, Marlin Austin, Loren D. Mueller
  • Patent number: 6729662
    Abstract: A lockable bezel is disclosed. The lockable device comprises a main body, a transmission shaft, an elastic device and a latch. The main body has a first end and a second end. The transmission shaft has a first end and a second end, and is movably connected to the main body with the first end near to the first end of the main body and the second end near to the second end of the main body. The elastic device has a first end fixed on the main body and a second end fixed on the transmission shaft. The first end of the elastic device is near the first end of the main body and the second end of the elastic device is near the second end of the main body. The latch is coupled to the first end of the transmission shaft for locking in the hole of the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2004
    Assignee: Quanta Computer, Inc.
    Inventors: Chih-Chung Wang, Chih-Hsiang Lee
  • Patent number: 6668601
    Abstract: A locking device is provided which is configured to mount to a frame having a locking bar receiving surface therein, which includes a housing for an enclosure with a door opening and a door and having a lock for locking the door to the enclosure about the door opening. A first bar is removably disposable within the locking bar receiving surface and when received therein the device is in a locked position and when removed therefrom is in an unlocked position. A second bar is at least partially movably disposed within the enclosure and is in a laterally spaced and parallel relation with respect to the first bar. Another bar interconnects the first bar and the second bar for providing that the bars move parallel to one another to and from the locked position to the unlocked position. Also, a second lock for locking the device to the frame is disposed within the enclosure having limited accessibility when the door is open.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Inventor: Dennis Reddick
  • Patent number: 6631931
    Abstract: A lock for a swinging door comprises a lock casing having a fore-end and at least a first side wall. A first bolt is spring-loaded for engagement with a stationary engagement member of a door case or the like and is movable between a locking position in which it does not extend beyond the fore-end, and an open position, in which it is retracted into the lock casing. The lock casing has an opening in its fore-end and its first side wall, said opening enabling engagement between the stationary engagement member and the first bolt in its locking position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2003
    Assignee: Southco, Inc.
    Inventor: Claes Magnusson
  • Patent number: 6508495
    Abstract: A latch assembly for securing a cover to a container comprises a base for mounting to the container cover adjacent to an edge thereof, a cover member secured to the base and a slider slidable between the base and cover member between a latched position wherein a portion of the slider interfits with the container and an unlatched position wherein the slider portion is disengaged from the container. A headed spring member interposed between the slider and the base interfits with openings in the slider to signal when the slider has reached its latched and unlatched positions and to releasably retain the slider at those positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2003
    Inventor: Edward D. Riley
  • Patent number: 6499775
    Abstract: A door latch 100 comprises a housing 110 fixed to a hinged door, and a knob 140 is slidably guided within a slit 112 formed to the housing 110. A bolt 130 inserted to a bolt guide 120 is fixed to the knob 140 using a screw 160. The sliding movement of said knob 140 is limited by both end portions 112a and 112b of a slit 112, against which said knob 140 collides. A plastic damper 150 is equipped to the position of collision for muffling collision noise. A ball 136 providing detent for said bolt is also made of plastic, providing a further muffling effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2002
    Assignee: Jamco Corporation
    Inventor: Yasuto Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 6491326
    Abstract: An improved astragal assembly for double door entryways includes an extruded aluminum frame into which upper and lower flush bolt assemblies are slidably disposed. The flush bolt assemblies include a relatively long metal bolt about which is injection overmolded a series of retainer guides, which ride in the frame. Locking mechanisms are also integrally overmolded onto the bolts. The frame and all components of the astragal assembly are symmetrical and reversible so that the assembly is non-handed; that is, it can be adapted to both a right hand swing and a left-hand swing inactive door. A unique strike plate mounting system and bottom-sealing block are provided and the upper end of the assembly includes means for sealing against the stop of a head jamb. Drafts at the upper and lower inside corners of the doors of a double door entryway are thus prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2002
    Assignee: Endura Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Victor T. Massey, Brad I. Procton
  • Patent number: 6378917
    Abstract: A door security device comprising a quickly removable door stop adapted to be removably coupled to a floor surface having a plurality of spaced apertures in close proximity to a closed door. The quickly removable door stop comprises a handle portion and a plurality of spaced prongs coupled to the handle portion. The plurality of prongs are adapted to be received in a plurality of spaced apertures formed in the floor surface. The door security device preferably also includes a door coupler having a flange with a plurality of aligned apertures adapted to receive the prongs of the door stop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2002
    Inventor: Cora J. Jones
  • Patent number: 6357806
    Abstract: An in-flight meal server 1 comprises a door 20 supported by a hinge 22 at the opening of a box-shaped main body 10. A main latch device 100 for locking the door 20 to the main body 10 has a handle 110, and when the handle 110 is pulled up, a lever 120 rises and pulls out the bolt from a catch in the main body side. The plural bolts may be operated through a link mechanism connected to the lever 120, but the bolt of an auxiliary latch device 150 may also be locked by operating a knob 180 manually. When the link mechanism fails, the door is locked manually.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: Jamco Corporation
    Inventor: Fumiaki Saku
  • Patent number: 6292358
    Abstract: A portable computer includes a mainframe module, a display panel module, a loudspeaker unit and a connecting unit. The mainframe module has a cavity. The display panel module is connected pivotally to the mainframe module for moving between a closed position and an opened position relative to the mainframe module. The loudspeaker unit has a loudspeaker enclosure disposed movably inside the cavity, and a loudspeaker mechanism received in the loudspeaker enclosure. The connecting unit is connected to the loudspeaker enclosure, and is mounted movably to the mainframe module inside the cavity for permitting the loudspeaker enclosure to move outwardly or inwardly of the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2001
    Assignee: Compal Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Chuan Yuan Lee, Hui-Lian Chang, Yuan Ming
  • Patent number: 6151754
    Abstract: A door stop, which includes a locating block fixedly mounted on the wall, the locating block having a longitudinal front hole and two transverse side holes in communication with the front hole, two locating pins respectively mounted in the side holes and forced by a respective spring member into the front hole, and a necked bolt fixedly mounted on the door, the bolt having a ball head and a neck adjacent to the ball head, wherein the locating pins are forced backwards by the ball head of the bolt and then pushed forwards by the respective spring members into engagement with the neck at the bolt when the door is opened to force the bolt into the longitudinal front hole at the locating block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2000
    Inventor: Ping-Yen Chen
  • Patent number: 6047999
    Abstract: A covering and locking device for the open end of a mausoleum crypt having a rigid plate sized to fit into the open end. The plate has a centrally hole through it sized to receive a small pin or other tool for actuating the lock. A plurality of radially sliding locking rods, each rod spaced equally apart from the other, are positioned on the rear face of the plate. A housing for each rod is positioned over the end of its respective rod and is attached to the rear face adjacent outer edges of the plate. A spring encircles each rod and is positioned within the housing, and one end of each spring is attached to its respective rod, while the other end of each spring is attached to its respective housing. A rod restraining clip is removably positioned over the outer ends of the rods and the centrally located hole so that rods remain in the unlocked position until the lock is ready to be used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2000
    Inventor: Herbert Francis Dixon, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6021603
    Abstract: A tilt latch (10) for a sash window (12) has a bolt stop. The sash window (12) is disposed within opposed guide rails (16) on a master frame (14). The sash window (12) is comprised of a top sash rail (20), a base (22) and two stiles (24,26) connected together at their extremities. The tilt-latch (10) is adapted for releasably securing the sash window (12) to the master frame (14). The tilt-latch (10) is comprised of a housing (42) adapted to be supported by the top rail (20). The housing (42) has an outward end opening (44). A latch bolt (46) is disposed within the housing (42) and has a nose adapted for engaging a respective one of the guide rails (16). A protrusion (80) is located either on the latch bolt (46) or the housing (42) and a lock wall (86) is located either on the housing (42) or the latch bolt (46).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2000
    Assignee: Ashland Products, Inc.
    Inventors: James G. Prete, Michael P. Bratcher, James Sharp, Jason Annes, Steven E. Schultz
  • Patent number: 5868445
    Abstract: A magnetic slide lock assembly includes interconnecting male and female members and utilizes the attractive force of a magnet to interconnect the male and female members. The male member of the magnetic slide lock assembly can include a protruding member or housing with a magnet positioned therein. The protruding member includes an opening so as to expose a portion of the magnet. The female member can include a plate or plates which are slidable so as to come into engagement or out of engagement with the magnet. The magnetic slide lock assembly provides for a strong closure between the male and female members so as to resist a disengagement of the male and female members when a strong force is exerted on the lock assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1999
    Inventors: Eli Kaufman, Irving Bauer
  • Patent number: 5857291
    Abstract: An improved astragal assembly for use with a double door installation includes an astragal strip secured along the vertical edge of the inactive door. A lock block is slidably disposed in at least one end of said astragal strip and can be moved between an extended position for securing the door and a retracted position for freeing the door. The lock block has a projecting bolt receivable in a receptacle in the door frame when the lock block is slid to its extended position. A gasket is secured to the end of the lock block and the bolt passes through an opening in the gasket. The gasket engages and seals against the door frame when the lock block is in its extended position. Gaskets are also provided on the sides of the lock block for engaging and sealing against the doors of the double door installation. When the doors are closed and secured in place, the lock block and gasket assembly prevents drafts from flowing under the door installation beneath the astragal thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1999
    Assignee: Headrick Manufacturing Company
    Inventor: J. Charles Headrick
  • Patent number: 5823646
    Abstract: A wall mount cabinet is provided that has a front door that pivots downward and a side door that pivots out to the side. The side door is latched to the front door such that opening of the front door also opens the side door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1998
    Assignee: Siecor Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald E. Arizpe, Mark R. Dagley, David C. Hall, Kevin L. Morgan
  • Patent number: 5678384
    Abstract: A novel, rapid assembly secure burglar resistant building construction. More particularly, this invention pertains to a unique and inexpensive prefabricated building which is constructed of unique wall panels, floor and roof truss systems, secure locking doors and secure locking windows. A building construction comprising: (a) a foundation; (b) a roof; and (c) a wall extending from the foundation to the roof, wall being constructed of an interior corrugated metal sheet, insulation covering both sides of the metal sheet, a wall covering on an interior surface of the insulation and a wall covering on the exterior surface of the insulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 21, 1997
    Assignee: World Wide Homes Ltd.
    Inventor: Michael Leon Maze