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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8177268 | Lever-handle lock A lever-handle lock includes a stationary support base adapted to mount to a door around a lever handle carried on the door. The lever-handle lock also includes a lever-handle rotation blocker mounted on the stationary support base to block selectively rotation of t... | 05/15/2012 |
| 7226094 | Door latch extension A door latch extension is attachable to a doorjamb for maintaining a door in an ajar position. The door latch extension includes a support member, an extension member, and a cover. The support member is mountable to the door jamb by a striker plate portion. The exte... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7062884 | Locking assembly for shutters A lock for retaining shutters in a closed position is disclosed. The lock includes backing and retention brackets, and a fastener. The backing bracket is mounted to a dwelling to maintain the shutters spaced from the dwelling when the shutters are in the closed posi... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7048315 | Lock for lever-handled door latch A door lock is provided for use with a door handle having a lever movable about a shaft extending perpendicularly to the lever and connected to a latch mechanism which controls the opening and closing of a door. The lock includes a housing configured to be coupled t... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7017959 | Portable security device for doors A portable door locking device. In one embodiment, a door lock may include a base plate configured with a locking wedge and a driver wedge. The base plate may be formed in a U-shaped fashion, thus defining a cut-out region sized to receive the locking and driver wed... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6926316 | Portable security locks A portable security lock for use with a hinged door includes a base plate that hooks into a keeper opening in a strike plate and a latch plate that is pivoted on the base plate and carries a locking foot which bears against the door when the door is closed. A slidin... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6904643 | Door closer hold-open apparatus The present invention relates to a hold-open apparatus for controlling the position of a door, preferably a screen door or storm door. The apparatus is used in conjunction with a piston assembly and can maintain a door in a predetermined open position, such as about... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6729664 | Cushioning device for furniture A device for protecting first and second confronting furniture components includes a base member having opposite first and second faces. The first face is adapted to contact the first furniture component, and the base member has a cushioning projection that extends ... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6533374 | Clips for restraining furniture doors from vertical and horizontal movement during shipping and handling Clips for restraining furniture doors from both vertical and horizontal movement during shipping and handling are provided. A clip includes an elongated base member having opposite first and second sides. A pair of elongated first and second panels extend... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6058563 | Door security device A door security device, the device comprising in combination: a bracket (3) defining a stop wall, the bracket (3) having a pivotal mount (18,20) to mount, in use, to an inner face of a door (10); and an elongate prop (1) having a first end (2) and a second end, (4)... | 05/09/2000 |
| 5984387 | Portable lock A portable lock for locking a door has a lock bar for insertion and retention between a door jamb and the latch side of a door. A housing is movable along the lock bar between a retracted position enabling pivoting movement of the door about its hinge bet... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5865484 | Door locking device A door locking device is provided for positionally constraining an outwardly opening door against a stop of a cooperating door frame. The door locking device includes a door engaging member attached to the free-end of the door (i.e., the unhinged-end of t... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5784968 | Locomotive top deck cover support bracket A locomotive engine top deck cover support apparatus for supporting the top deck cover of a locomotive engine in a selective position, has a ratchet member with a plurality of radially disposed ratchet teeth and a support arm pivotal between a fully raise... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5772265 | Door security lock A drop bolt system provides a low profile, simplified arrangement of a central metal plate, a metal doorjamb restraint and a plate latch. This system prevents overriding the door security system from a position exterior to the protected door.... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5711555 | Combination grab bar and door lock This invention provides a combination grab bar and door lock for grab bar systems of the type wherein a grab bar is mounted outside a recreational vehicle and adjacent an outward-opening door. It provides a grab bar system wherein the grab bar means may b... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5704664 | Door security device The device is used for security by e.g the occupier of a hotel room. A toggle-type self-gripping mechanism is provided with thin jaw-blades. The blades are entered into the slot or gap between a door and a door jamb. The jaws engage the door-bolt, and the... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5664814 | Portable lock A portable lock for preventing a door from being opened from the outside. The portable lock has a body formed from two symmetric covers with two spring-biased pivoting handles and a slidable adjustment rod protruding from the assembled body. The adjustmen... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5539954 | Abutment swivel doorstop An abutment swivel doorstop has a mounting plate mountable onto a door frame, a stop member pivotally and slidably mounted on the mounting plate, a biasing means for urging the stop member in the disengaged position, a keeper pivotally mounted on the moun... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5360245 | Removable door lock for hotels and the like An improved security device comprising a plate member insertable between a door and a door jamb and having a first portion projectable into a latch recess in said jamb and having a recess located adjacent said door when said first portion is located in sa... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5299437 | Keyed door lock assembly A lock assembly is described for a door, the assembly including a gib having at least one flange. A locking unit has a first wall including an edge portion on the wall for sliding into the gib and for engaging the flange on the gib such that the locking u... | 04/05/1994 |
| 4984834 | Portable security lock A portable door lock that includes a tension plate insertable into the clearance space between the edge of a door and the facing surface of a door jamb. Ears on the plate hook into a striker plate opening. A door keeper element is swingably connected to t... | 01/15/1991 |
| 4837453 | Security device A security device for locking the cable of a bonnet lock of a car comprising a housing with cable inlets. The inner core of the cable is secured to a cable engaging member which is movable within the housing on a pivot member about a pivot pin. A solenoid... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4589692 | Portable door lock A portable door lock has a relatively-thin sheet-metal locking strap that fits between the door and the jamb. The strap has a fixed bolt on one end that is received in the recessed keeper in the jamb, with the door in the open position. The door is closed... | 05/20/1986 |
| 4399672 | Auxiliary security lock assembly for a door An auxiliary lock assembly for a door hung in a frame consisting of a plate member having a portion disposed between the door and the door frame and extending inwardly of the door, a plate holding member having a slot receiving the extended portion of the... | 08/23/1983 |
| 4227728 | Auxiliary lock assembly A portable, auxiliary lock assembly of the type used to secure the conventional or permanently installed lock bolt in its locked position thereby preventing inadvertent admittance through the use of a key or through unauthorized manipulation of the lock m... | 10/14/1980 |
| 4169619 | Portable security lock A portable, lightweight security lock for doors comprising an elongate movable abutment member and an elongate catch member pivotally secured thereto. The abutment member has a laterally extending abutment portion for disposition in proximity with the doo... | 10/02/1979 |
| 3930678 | Locking means for sliding closures Locking means to prevent movement between relatively movable members such as between sliding windows or sliding doors, said locking means including a body portion having a flange formed adjacent opposite edges, said flanges being substantially parallel to... | 01/06/1976 |
