Projectable Bolt Patents (Class 70/100)
  • Patent number: 10871349
    Abstract: Firearm associated electronic devices are provided. In one aspect a firearm associated device has a housing having a holding area and an opening through which a removable component may be positioned in the holding area, a door movable relative to the housing and having a door latch that moves along a path as the door moves and a housing latch movable between a first latch position where the housing latch is not in the path to a second latch position where the housing latch blocks movement of the door latch from a first range of positions where the door prevents the removable component from passing through the opening to a second range of positions where the door does not prevent the removable component from passing through the opening. A housing latch biasing member biases the housing latch into the second latch position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: CROSMAN CORPORATION
    Inventors: John A. Kowalczyk, Jeffrey W. Mock, Jeffrey D. Hanson
  • Patent number: 10435914
    Abstract: A locking device is provided including a housing, a barrel, an interchangeable core (IC), and a prong driver. The housing extending along a longitudinal axis and including a first slot. The barrel slidably disposed in a hollow interior of the housing, where the barrel is slidable along the longitudinal axis. The barrel including a second slot and a hollow interior to retain the IC. The IC including a key hole and coupled to the prong driver. The prong driver including an engaging element extending from the prong driver perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis into the first slot and the second slot. When a proper key is inserted into the key hole and rotated, the engaging element is rotated within the first and second slots to allow the barrel to slide along the longitudinal axis to lock and unlock the locking device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Delta Lock Company, LLC
    Inventor: Alvin Ma
  • Patent number: 9708839
    Abstract: A door locking device is applied to an electronic apparatus including a hinged door arranged in an opening portion of a casing. The door locking device includes a key cylinder and a pivot hook. When the door is closed and a movable element of the key cylinder is at a locked position, the pivot hook is caught on the casing to prevent the door from being opened. The door locking device further includes a rod member crank-coupled to the movable element of the key cylinder on an inner side of the door and configured to be displaced by interlocking with the movable element. When the door is closed and the movable element is at the locked position, a distal end (roller) of the rod member is held in contact with a rod receiving surface formed in the casing. Thus, the rod member keeps a closed state of the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: NEC Platforms, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hayato Mikami
  • Patent number: 9482035
    Abstract: A low profile lock actuator assembly for locking, sliding doors, which can be provided in combination with a lock assembly or retrofitted to mate with an existing lock assembly. The lock actuator assembly includes an interior component and an exterior component, which are each coupled to an actuating assembly. The lock actuator assembly includes recessed or otherwise low profile handles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Truth Hardware Corporation
    Inventor: Glen M Wolf
  • Patent number: 9309696
    Abstract: A door panel lock system for a door panel assembly. The door panel lock system is incorporated into a cutout in a door panel of the door panel assembly. The lock system includes a lock mechanism that is coupled to a floor bolt assembly by a connecting member, and a cover that is coupled to the door panel and covers a portion of the cutout and the connecting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: C.R. LAURENCE COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Donald E. Friese, Gary Sprague
  • Patent number: 9271549
    Abstract: A bracelet includes a plurality of links assembled in an articulated manner using pins. Each pin passes through interlocking parts of links in which a cylindrical passage is arranged where a pin can slide relatively freely. In order to ensure the position of the pin once the links have been assembled, a locking element is arranged in a cavity made in one of the links so as to partially intersect the passage in which the pin is arranged. This pin includes a groove, which is penetrated by an external part of the locking element when the element is in the closed position. Pressing on the locking element, then rotating it by an angle of 90°, releases the external part of the pin groove so that the pin is then released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Glashütter Uhrenbetrieb GmbH
    Inventors: Mathias Elbe, Giuseppe Anelli, Michele Bisaro
  • Patent number: 9273491
    Abstract: A lock includes a housing and a key-operated lock core mounted on the housing. The key-operated lock core has a spindle with a keyhole defined therein. The spindle is movable between an original position where the spindle is allowed to be rotated with respect to the housing to put the lock in a locked or unlocked state, and an indicative position where the spindle is also allowed to be rotated to put the lock in the locked or unlocked state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Inventor: Chun Te Yu
  • Patent number: 9260883
    Abstract: A cylinder lock used for locking compartments, boxes, storages etc. The cylinder lock comprises a cylinder body, an inner cylinder and a rotating part. The front part of the inner cylinder is provided with a rotary knob. The lock cylinder comprises a spring, which is arranged to push the rotary knob outwards. When the cylinder lock is locked, the rotary knob is in the inner position primarily inside the cylinder lock. When the cylinder lock is unlocked, the rotary knob is in the outer position as pushed by a spring, in which position it can be rotated to close and open a box, storage etc. without a key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: ABLOY OY
    Inventors: Jari Räty, Marko Kokkonen
  • Patent number: 9003843
    Abstract: Disclosed in one aspect is the fixed door pull handle assembly that includes an elongated door pull handle with two or more support standoffs projecting away from the elongated door pull handle and securing the elongated door pull handle to the doorframe or to the body of the door. One of the support standoffs is user rotatable, and rotatably engages a door latch assembly within the door. In another aspect, the support standoff is not user rotatable. Instead, a center-pivoting handle is mounted in-line with one of the support standoffs and rotatably engages the door latch assembly within the door. The center-pivoting handle is recessed within the elongated handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Inventor: Gregory Header
  • Patent number: 8960372
    Abstract: An apparatus for use with an elevator car is operable to selectively lock an elevator car door. The apparatus verifies that the elevator car door is closed, locks the elevator car door, and verifies that a lock is engaged. Once conditions are met, the apparatus signals an elevator controller that the elevator car can move through a hoistway. The apparatus further ensures that passengers can safely disembark from the elevator car by detecting the position of the elevator car relative to a designated landing zone within the hoistway, and confirming the elevator car is stopped at a landing zone prior to disengaging the lock. The apparatus thus ensures that the elevator car door remains closed while the elevator car is in motion or between landing zones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: ThyssenKrupp Elevator Corporation
    Inventors: Ernest Heath, Anthony Hamlett, Sang Choi, Brian Chapman, Sang Lee, Chet Willoughby, Jie Xu, Houston Patrick
  • Patent number: 8938998
    Abstract: The lock has a rotatable latch. The latch is mounted for movement between a position wherein it engages a fixed part of the vehicle to secure the door in the closed position and a position remote from the fixed part of the vehicle such that the door can be opened. A latch movement preventing member is moveable relative to the latch between a position remote from the path of movement of the latch, wherein the latch is free to disengage the fixed part of the truck, and a position intersecting the path of the latch, wherein movement of the latch to disengage the fixed part of the truck is blocked. A pair of magnets are oriented to force the member to move from its remote position, against the action of a spring, to its intersecting position, to prevent the latch from disengaging the fixed part of the truck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Babaco Alarm Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Greg Haber
  • Patent number: 8631670
    Abstract: A lock for a sliding door or window including a latching linkage and an inner manual lever, that allows movement of the latching linkage between a locked and an unlocked position by means of the manual lever and by operation of a inside or outside key barrel, but also allows deadlocking of the latching linkage in its locked position so that operation of the manual lever to unlock the latching linkage is prevented. It is however, desirable that the lock be operable to lock the lock from the inside by a convenient operation of the manual lever when the user is inside the house. It is further desirable that the door is able to be deadlocked by a key from the inside or the outside in a manner that prevents unlocking of the door by the manual handle, since a house owner may find it inconvenient to have to walk around the outside of their house locking the doors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Ingersoll-Rand Architectural Hardware Limited
    Inventors: Edward Norton Sieglaar, Peter Mark Hill
  • 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: 8438886
    Abstract: The invention provides a showcase having at least two glass doors, a first door being fastened to a front ferrule and a second door being fastened to a rear ferrule, each of the ferrules moving along a respective rail, said locking device comprising a lock for locking the two doors together, wherein the showcase includes a locking device comprising a slider mounted to move in said front ferrule transversely relative thereto, and having a rotor of the lock installed thereon, wherein said rear ferrule includes an opening that comes into line with said rotor in a position for locking the two doors together, and that is suitable for receiving a bolt mounted at the end of said rotor, and wherein said slider includes a relatively flat face plate coming substantially flush with said ferrule in the locked position of said doors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Adler S.A.S.
    Inventors: Eric Bourgain, Jean-Jacques Masson, Christophe Martin
  • Patent number: 8376414
    Abstract: A multi-point latch assembly having a single adjustment point for shifting the position of two or more latching members. The latch mechanism includes a housing and a carrier assembly received in the housing. The carrier assembly includes a pair of latch hooks. A carrier position adjustment assembly operably couples the housing and the carrier assembly such that the carrier assembly is selectively shiftable in the housing with the carrier position adjustment assembly to alter the distance the latch hooks protrude from the housing when the latch hooks are positioned in the second position. An anti-slam mechanism may also be coupled with the carrier, and may be selectively shiftable with the same adjustment mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Truth Hardware Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Nakanishi, Manabu Shimoji
  • Patent number: 8347666
    Abstract: The invention relates to a locking device adapted for locking a shutter element (13) adapted to slide along a railing (11), which locking device (3) comprises at least one locking bolt (5) movable between a first state, in which the locking bolt is adapted to engage with a locking member (9) in the shutter element to lock the shutter element against movement, and a second state, in which the locking bolt is adapted to avoid engagement with the locking member and to allow movement of the shutter element. The invention also relates to a locking arrangement adapted to be connected with and allow locking of a shutter element (13) arranged to slide along a railing (11), which locking arrangement (7) comprises at least one locking member (9) shaped to allow a locking bolt (5) to, in a first state, engage with and lock the locking member, and thus the shutter element, against movement. The invention also relates to a locking system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Stendals el Aktiebolag
    Inventor: Jan Stendal
  • Patent number: 8186189
    Abstract: A door latch assembly having a latch mechanism and a substantially flush-mounted actuator. The actuator may raise and lower a latch within the latch mechanism to engage and disengage the strike plate of an adjacent door jam. Similar to the actuator, a key cylinder may be substantially flush-mounted on an opposite side of the door. The key cylinder may lock or unlock the assembly latch assembly latch assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Fleetwood Aluminum Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald Lee Brisco, Eryk Stacy
  • Patent number: 8161779
    Abstract: A lock for a sliding door (14), with a lock case (24) for receiving a lock cylinder (30), the lock cylinder (30) being arranged in a recess (36) of the lock case (24) such that, in order to lock the lock (22), a bolt (28) of the lock case (24) is brought into engagement with a striking plate (26) of the lock (22) by a rotationally actuable driver (32) of the lock cylinder (30). The lock (22) has at least one support part (38, 40) which is arranged laterally on the lock case (24) in the region of the recess (36) to support the lock cylinder (30). A further characteristic relates to the securing of the lock against removal and for this purpose, the or each support part (38, 40) is fastened to the lock case (24) by retaining pins (60), a lock cylinder screw (58) for fastening the lock cylinder (30) to the lock case (24) being in engagement with the or each retaining pin (60) to prevent removal of the support parts (38, 40) and of the retaining pins (60).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignees: raumplus GmbH & Co. KG, Steinbach & Vollmann GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Carsten Bergmann, Dirk Wefer, Peter Altenburg
  • Patent number: 8132435
    Abstract: A locking apparatus having a body, at least one arm and a tapered member; wherein relative movement between the arm and the tapered member extends the arm from the body. In use, the arm is arranged to press against a wall of a channel to hold the locking apparatus in place and prevent the opening of a roller shutter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Inventors: Roy Thomas, John Tradewell
  • Patent number: 8112954
    Abstract: Implementations of the present invention relate generally to systems and components for sealing and locking doors, including sliding doors for use with modular walls. A locking system can be configured to secure and release a sliding door. In particular, the locking system can include a sliding door with one or more receiving channels configured to receive a pin extending from a floor's surface. A locking mechanism can be included and configured to selectively drive a shaft to capture and release a pin that has been received by the receiving channel. The sealing system is configured to seal a gap between a modular wall and an adjacent sliding door. In particular, the sealing system can include a connector configured to connect trim to a wall panel wherein the connector includes an integrated gasket seal configured to seal the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Dirtt Environmental Solutions Ltd.
    Inventors: Geoff Gosling, Mogens F. Smed, Thomas Alfred Brown, Steven M. van Beveren
  • Patent number: 8113607
    Abstract: A storage assembly comprises a storage unit having a plurality of walls that cooperate to form an interior space and an opening in communication with the interior space, a first track having a first width and a second width along the length thereof, and a second track having a first width and a second width along the length thereof, wherein the second widths are different than the first widths, respectively. The storage assembly comprises a first door assembly slidably disposed along the first and second tracks via first guide members each having width less than the first width of the first and second tracks, and a second door assembly slidably disposed along the first and second tracks, and having a pair of second guide members each having a width that is greater than the first width of the first and second tracks and less than the second width of the first and second tracks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: Mark T. Slager, Timothy S. DeVries
  • Publication number: 20110296880
    Abstract: A lock for a sliding door or window including a latching linkage and an inner manual lever, that allows movement of the latching linkage between a locked and an unlocked position by means of the manual lever and by operation of a inside or outside key barrel, but also allows deadlocking of the latching linkage in its locked position so that operation of the manual lever to unlock the latching linkage is prevented. It is however, desirable that the lock be operable to lock the lock from the inside by a convenient operation of the manual lever when the user is inside the house. It is further desirable that the door is able to be dead-locked by a key from the inside or the outside in a manner that prevents unlocking of the door by the manual handle, since a house owner may find it inconvenient to have to walk around the outside of their house locking the doors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: INGERSOLL-RAND ARCHITECTURAL HARDWARE LIMITED
    Inventors: Edward Norton Sieglaar, Peter Mark Hill
  • Publication number: 20110252844
    Abstract: A door lock for use with an overhead door having a plurality of rollers or a bar moving along a track, includes a movable latch and a release mechanism. The movable latch is associated with the track and biased toward a door-locking position. The latch is configured to allow at least one of the rollers or bar to pass the latch as the overhead door closes. The latch is also configured to engage a roller or bar to prevent movement past the latch as the overhead door attempts to open. The release mechanism is mechanically coupled to the latch for withdrawing the latch from the track to allow the roller or bar to pass by the latch and the overhead door to open. A door position sensor is also disclosed including a movable lever and an electronic means for sensing the position of the lever.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2011
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Inventor: Rodney T. Shoemaker
  • Publication number: 20100175440
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lockable pin-type lock (1) for sliding doors, with a cylindrical housing (3) which can be fastened in the door leaf, and with a two-part locking pin (2) which can be displaced in the axial direction in the housing (3). In order to provide a lockable pin-type lock for sliding doors, which both permits a temperature-independent handling of the pin-type lock and also is simple to operate, it is proposed by the invention that the locking pin is formed from two parts, wherein the two parts of the locking pin can be displaced relative to each other in order to form an intermediate space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2007
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Applicant: STEINBACH & VOLLMANN GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Jürgen Zinn
  • Patent number: 7604265
    Abstract: A latch assembly for a door includes a housing composed of a base and a cover. A drive knob, two links, two hooks, two adjusting members, and two torsion springs are connected between the base and the cover. The drive knob includes a drive surface that is engaged with a straight inside portion of a through hole of the links. One of the two links is pivotably connected to an adjusting portion of the other link and retaining slot of one of the two hooks. The other link has a positioning portion that is pivotably connected to the retaining slot of the other hook. When the drive knob is rotated in a particular direction (typically counterclockwise), the two links are pivoted in opposite directions and the two hooks are pivoted in two opposite directions and extend through apertures in the first outer surface of the base to hook a keeper structure and secure the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: Imperial USA, Ltd.
    Inventor: Miao Hsueh Tsai
  • Patent number: 7418845
    Abstract: A mortise lock mechanism that includes a lock housing adapted for secure positioning within a mortise, first and second locking members positioned within the housing, each having a first end and a hooked second end, an actuator mounted for rotational movement within the housing and adapted for user directed rotational movement, and a motion translating linkage having a first end pivotally interconnected to the first end of the first locking member, a second end pivotally interconnected to the first end of the second locking member. The motion translating linkage is interconnected to the actuating member and adapted for corresponding movement when the actuator is moved. A first bias member interconnects the translating linkage to the housing, whereby the bias member retains the actuator and the translating linkage in a first position absent user force directed to the actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: Nationwide Industries
    Inventor: E. Erik Timothy
  • Patent number: 7380426
    Abstract: Disclosed is a lock assembly such as for use with enclosures and access panels. The lock assembly includes a keyhole shaped aperture in a slide portion of the locking assembly that cooperates with double-D shaped protrusions associated with a locking plug. In a locked position, the double-D shaped protrusions inhibit movement of the slide portion. In an unlocked position, the double-D shaped elements may enter a more narrow portion of the keyhole shaped aperture and permit movement of the slide. The slide is associated with additional features so that movement of the slide selectively inhibits or provides consequential movement of other elements that in turn respectively deny or create access to an enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: CompX International Inc.
    Inventors: Robert E. Dalton, Jr., Donald N. Hesprich
  • Patent number: 7373794
    Abstract: A lock assembly for use with a sliding door. The lock assembly includes a non-handed miniature mortise lock having a retractable and extendable tongue able to move between a locked position and an unlocked position. The assembly includes a rotatable spindle and a slidable piece. Manipulation of the slidable piece rotates the rotatable spindle and activates the mortise lock between the locked and unlocked positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2008
    Assignee: Delta Industrial Systems Corp.
    Inventor: Geoffrey S. DePass
  • Patent number: 7228719
    Abstract: A lock 10 for a sliding door or window. The lock 10 includes a hollow body 11 within which there is pivotally mounted a pair of hook tongues 14 and 15. The tongues are driven by rack gears 54 which are operated by a lock cylinder 19. The rack gears 54 move linearly in opposite directions to cause angular movement of the tongues 14 and 15 in opposite rotational directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2007
    Assignee: Azuma Designs Pty Limited
    Inventors: Michael Brian Alchin, Richard Zitzelsperger
  • Patent number: 7100405
    Abstract: A latching device (1) particularly for installation such as swimming pool gates may have an automatic magnetic latch with a child resistant device to control access. The child resistant device may include an operating handle (10) at an elevated location to be out of the reach of the child and an alternative operating device (11) is provided at a lower location with child resistance provided typically by a push button arrangement (12) acting through a cam and cam follower to raise a latching arm (3) against the biasing to the latching position. A simple pronged key (16) for a pushing action can be provided, but another aspect consists in a mechanically actuatable key pad (20) which can readily be operated by an adult even in a wheelchair, but which is resistant to child actuation. For example, a selected two of eight buttons may be required to be depressed to permit the key to actuate the push button.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: D&D Group Party Limited
    Inventor: James David Francis West
  • Patent number: 7047774
    Abstract: A security device is provided with a housing, which may be installed on a roll-up door of a cargo container, tractor-trailer, or storage facility. The security device includes a removable locking pin structure having a locking pin structure is manually removable through a housing chamber for a puck lock. The housing includes a tab with an opening for receiving the locking rod of a puck shaped lock and the locking pin structure has a window through which the locking rod extends in a locking condition of the lock. Structures are provided for storing the locking pin structure when the security device is unlocked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Inventor: Roy E. Gogel
  • Patent number: 7040671
    Abstract: A lock assembly includes a casing, two pivotable members pivotally mounted in the casing and meshed with each other, two linking rods, and two hook device each including a hook member and a rocker arm that is pivotally mounted in the casing. Each hook member has a first end pivotally connected to an associated rocker arm and a hooked second end that is passable through an associated one of two openings of the casing. When either pivotable member is pivoted, each rocker arm and each hook member are actuated such that the hooked second end of each hook member is moved between a retracted position in the casing and a locking position out of the casing. Damage to the hooked second ends of the hook members during closing of a door is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Inventors: Jyh-Huey Su, legal representative, Chuen-Yi Liu, deceased
  • Patent number: 7032418
    Abstract: A vertical door locking system includes a door lock with a deadbolt that moves horizontally, a striker with an upward facing strike opening that vertically receives the deadbolt and a lock controller. The striker includes an electrically operated catch to engage and release the deadbolt. The door lock and striker are mounted opposite each other, one to the vertical door and the other to an adjacent fixed mounting point. The lock controller electrically operates the striker to release the deadbolt and allow it to move vertically out of engagement with the striker for primary access to a secure area and the door lock allows the deadbolt to be retracted horizontally away from the striker for secondary access. A remotely located control system optionally controls the lock controllers of multiple doors and a central office control system is optionally connected to multiple remotely located control systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignees: Sargent Manufacturing Company, Single Access Lock, Inc., Securitron Magnalock Corporation
    Inventors: Dale Martin, Ronald S. Slusarski, Gurdev Bains, John Hayde, Shilin Yang, Herb Guck, Thomas E. Roth, Dennis E. Wojdan, Robert C. Hunt, Larry G. Corwin, Joshua M. Huff
  • Patent number: 7032417
    Abstract: A lock mechanism primarily intended for a sliding door or window application. The lock mechanism includes a lock body (10) with a lock beak (21) rotatably mounted therewith and biased by a bias element (23) to a first position. The lock beak (21) is co-operable with a hook (20) of a strike (13) upon the hook engaging in the body whereby the lock beak (21) rotates to a second position against the bias of biasing element (23). Operating members (27 and 28) within the lock body (10) are operable by external actuating elements such that the operating members can be independently operated to cause the lock beak (21) to move from said first position to said second position and one of the operating members to retain the lock beak in said first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: Assa Abloy Financial Services AB
    Inventors: Christodoulos Toulis, Peter Gordon Sclater
  • Patent number: 7013687
    Abstract: A sliding door having an improved handle and lock assembly associated therewith. The assembly enables a closed and locked sliding door to be unlocked and opened by manual application of a single-motion to the door handle, such as a substantially horizontally-directed force applied to the door handle in the opening direction to effect unlocking of the door followed by movement of the sliding door into an open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: Haworth, Ltd.
    Inventors: Nathaniel Segismundo Shedd, Darren R. Long, James Robert Thompson Goodchild
  • Patent number: 6920770
    Abstract: A plunger lock assembly having a removable core is provided. The lock assembly includes a housing defining a first longitudinal bore and a barrel reciprocably mounted within the first longitudinal bore between an advanced position and a retracted position. The barrel defines a second longitudinal bore and is operably associated with a plunger. A core is removable mounted within the second longitudinal bore of the barrel and includes a key slot for receiving an operating key. A drive member is positioned within the second longitudinal bore and is movable from an unlocked position to a locked position by operation of the operating key. A retainer assembly is operably associated with the drive member to axially retain the drive member within the second longitudinal bore such that the core is removable from the second longitudinal bore independently of the drive member. A biasing member is provided for urging the barrel towards the retracted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2005
    Inventors: Alan E. Lurie, Joseph Thomas, William H. Bullwinkel
  • Patent number: 6915670
    Abstract: A security device is provided which may be installed on a roll-up door of a cargo container garage or storage facility. The security device includes a locking bar having a locking pin, which is shiftable into a locking pin receiving aperture in a side wall of the roll-up doorframe. The locking bar also includes a tab with an opening for receiving the locking rod of a puck shaped lock when the locking bar is in the locking position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2005
    Inventor: Roy E. Gogel
  • Patent number: 6782724
    Abstract: This invention involves a locking apparatus for semi-trailers and/or freight delivery units. A pin plate is attached to a standard trailer swing door, roll-up type door or another type of door. A housing is placed in the floor of the semi-trailer. A pin located within the housing is slidable within the housing from an unlocked position to a locked position, whereby the pin is raised to engage a pin plate secured to the semi-trailer door. A cam lock or another lock is used to keep the pin raised in the locked position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Inventor: Steven Michael Kelly
  • Patent number: 6748773
    Abstract: A lock 10 to be mounted in a sliding door or window. The lock 10 includes a lever 17 that is used to retract and extend the locked tongue member 15. On the inside of the door there is provided a first cylinder lock 24 that is operable to release the tongue member 15 for movement from the extended position to the retracted position thereof while provided on the outside of the door is a lock cylinder 27 that is operable to lock or to release the tongue member 15 for movement from the extended position to the retracted position and operable to move the tongue member 15 between the extended and retracted positions thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2004
    Assignee: Doric Products Pty Limited
    Inventors: Michael B. Alchin, Perry R. Long
  • Publication number: 20040079123
    Abstract: A lock 10 to be mounted in a sliding door or window. The lock 10 includes a lever 17 that is used to retract and extend the locked tongue member 15. On the inside of the door there is provided a first cylinder lock 24 that is operable to release the tongue member 15 for movement from the extended position to the retracted position thereof while provided on the outside of the door is a lock cylinder 27 that is operable to lock or to release the tongue member 15 for movement from the extended position to the retracted position and operable to move the tongue member 15 between the extended and retracted positions thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2002
    Publication date: April 29, 2004
    Applicant: Doric Products Pty Limited
    Inventors: Michael B. Alchin, Perry R. Long
  • Publication number: 20040035159
    Abstract: A lock includes a lock housing (3), a bolt (20) which is moveable in the lock housing between an inwardly withdrawn and an outwardly extended position and which includes a weakened region (36). The lock also includes a blocking element (5) fixedly arranged in the lock housing, an interlocking device (12, 14, 16), and a bolt-carried abutment element (34) which is adapted to coact with the interlocking device (16). When the bolt is subjected to an outer force that exceeds a generally predetermined force, the bolt will deform in the weakened region (36) so that movement of the bolt between the outwardly extended and inwardly withdrawn positions will be blocked by the fixedly mounted blocking element (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2003
    Publication date: February 26, 2004
    Applicant: AB FAS LASFABRIK
    Inventor: Jorma Hirvi
  • Publication number: 20030070454
    Abstract: This invention involves a locking apparatus for semi-trailers and/or freight delivery units. A pin plate is attached to a standard trailer swing door, roll-up type door or another type of door. A housing is placed in the floor of the semi-trailer. A pin located within the housing is slidable within the housing from an unlocked position to a locked position, whereby the pin is raised to engage a pin plate secured to the semi-trailer door. A cam lock or another lock is used to keep the pin raised in the locked position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2002
    Publication date: April 17, 2003
    Inventor: Steven Michael Kelly
  • Patent number: 6523378
    Abstract: A push-lock includes a body. The body is formed with a channel having a pair of portions. A cylinder is movable in the body between a front position and a rear position, and has a latch rotatably connected thereto. The latch defines two opposed cutouts in a periphery thereof. A clip has a pair of shanks resiliently flexible in the portions of the channel. The shanks normally abut the periphery of the latch. A spring is provided for moving the cylinder back to the front position. Additionally, the latch can be turned relative to the cylinder in such a manner that the shanks snapped in the cutout may be pushed outward by the turning latch till the shanks fully slide out of the cutouts and abut the periphery of the latch again.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2003
    Inventor: Lambert Kuo
  • Patent number: 6502435
    Abstract: A manual lock for a moveable wing comprising a hollow frame supporting an in-fill portion and defined by an interior and an opposed exterior side, the manual lock including an engageable member, a casing, engaging member including at least one engaging member supported by the casing and displaceable to a latched configuration to be engaged with the engageable member, to restrain the wing from displacing in an opening direction, and operating member to cause each engaging member to displace to and from the latched configuration including a hand operable interior-operating member operably connected by a rocker to each engaging member by a slide member including a rectilinearly displaceable slide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2003
    Assignee: Yarra Ridge Pty LTD
    Inventors: John Russell Watts, Dion Geoffrey Bright
  • Patent number: 6477872
    Abstract: A storage unit door locking system is shown for securing and locking a storage unit door and preventing forced entry wherein the door is attached to a doorjamb. The locking system has a door plate which is mounted to the door with an extension plate that extends beyond the edge of the door and abuts the front face of the doorjamb when the door is closed. A sliding bolt slidably mounted to, but spaced apart from, the door plate slides behind the doorjamb trapping the doorjambs between the extension plate and the sliding bolt. A recessed lock is inserted through matching aligned holes in the extension plate, doorjamb, and sliding bolt and locked. This physically locks the doorjamb to the extension plate and sliding bolt which prevents forced entry with the use of crowbars or other prying devices normally used to separate the doorjamb from the door and locks contained thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2002
    Assignee: Hendry Investments, Inc.
    Inventor: James R. Denton, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6349576
    Abstract: A lockable sash assembly for installation on a window assembly is provided. The window assembly includes sashes movable relative to each other to open and close the window assembly when the lockable sash assembly is in a window-openable condition and substantially unmovable relative to each other when the lockable sash assembly is in a window-unopenable condition. The sash assembly includes a sashlock having a rotating device (such as a lever-controlled cam) which is movable between a window-openable position and a window-unopenable position. The sash assembly also includes a locking device which is convertible between a locked state whereat the rotating device is blocked from moving from the window-unopenable position to the window-openable position and an unlocked state whereat the rotating device is unblocked from moving from the window-unopenable position to the window-openable position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2002
    Assignee: Allen-Stevens Corp.
    Inventor: Edward J. Subliskey
  • Patent number: 6327879
    Abstract: A lock mechanisms for a fenestration assembly, such as a sliding door, includes a strike element preferably coupled with the door frame and a catch assembly preferably coupled with the fenestration member slidably supported within the frame. The catch assembly includes a catch having structure defining an element receiving slot. The catch is mounted for shifting among a plurality of positions including an engaged position in which the element is received within the slot and retained therein by the catch when the fenestration member is in a closed position, a disengaged position in which the element is disengaged by the catch when the fenestration member is shifted out of the closed position, and an intermediate position in which the element is received within the slot and the catch is positioned between the engaged and disengaged positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2001
    Assignee: Pella Corporation
    Inventor: Harlan Malsom
  • Patent number: 6122943
    Abstract: A locking mechanism includes a lock mount (10) and a lock core (50). The lock mount (10) includes front and rear mount faces (15, 14) and an inner mount wall (17) which defines a core-receiving chamber (18) extending from the front mount face (15) to the rear mount face (14). The lock core (50) is slidably mounted within the core-receiving chamber (18) of the lock mount (10) and is movable between a projected position and a retracted position. The lock core (50) further includes a core body (52) and an outer core surface (49) defining a core boundary. The lock core (50) further includes a lock lug (75) coupled to the core body (52) and movable between a first lug position outside the core boundary and a second lug position within the core boundary and a travel limit stop (90) coupled to the core body (52) and movable between a first limit stop positioned outside the core boundary and a second limit stop positioned within the core boundary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2000
    Assignee: Best Lock Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher Hale DaWalt, Mark Edward Dearing
  • Patent number: 6035673
    Abstract: A sliding door lock assembly having a lock housing and a removable core is disclosed. The removable core includes a key slot configured to receive an operating key and a control key. The control key is positionable within the key slot and actuable to facilitate removal of the removable core from the lock housing. The operating key positionable within the key slot and actuable to retain the removable core at a position fully inserted within the lock housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2000
    Assignee: Kenstan Lock Company
    Inventor: Robert B. Harrison
  • Patent number: RE41188
    Abstract: A plunger lock assembly having a removable core is provided. The lock assembly includes a housing defining a first longitudinal bore and a barrel reciprocably mounted within the first longitudinal bore between an advanced position and a retracted position. The barrel defines a second longitudinal bore and is operably associated with a plunger. A core is removable mounted within the second longitudinal bore of the barrel and includes a key slot for receiving an operating key. A drive member is positioned within the second longitudinal bore and is movable from an unlocked position to a locked position by operation of the operating key. A retainer assembly is operably associated with the drive member to axially retain the drive member within the second longitudinal bore such that the core is removable from the second longitudinal bore independently of the drive member. A biasing member is provided for urging the barrel towards the retracted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Kenstan Lock Company
    Inventors: Alan E. Lurie, Joseph Thomas, William H. Bullwinkel