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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7360810 | Adjustable striker for vehicle closure The invention concerns an adjustable striker assembly for use with a closure for a vehicle compartment, and a method of forming such a striker assembly. A striker has a shaft with a hoop extending from one end, and engagement rings extending around the shaft, defini... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7347069 | Lock and keeper set A lock that includes a frame which is arranged to be secured on the outside against a first side of a tubular member of a hinged gate and at least one bolt which is arranged to extend through the tubular member, out of a second side thereof, into the keeper device. ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7240931 | Positionable door strike An positionable door strike is attached to a door jamb and receives a corresponding door latch located on a swinging door. The positionable door strike has a base plate and a strike plate that is capable of horizontally sliding within a pair of channels located on t... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7234740 | Striker assembly for a door lock A striker assembly (10) to be attached to a door jamb to engage the tongue of a lock mounted on an associated door, the assembly (10) includes a base (11) to be fixed to the door jamb and a striker member (15). The striker member (15 | 06/26/2007 |
| 7207608 | System, method and apparatus for an adjustable door striker An adjustable striker plate assembly for a double door having a slidable member providing for adjustment of the striker plate in a horizontal direction and an adjustable member for adjusting the striker plate in a vertical direction. Two fasteners pass through the s... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7147257 | Striker assembly with lever A striker assembly is provided for use with a lock assembly in latching a first body and a second body together and allowing at least one of the first and second bodies to pivotally move relative to the other of the first and second bodies. The lock assembly is moun... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7140652 | Door latch striker A latch striker includes a base and an arm having a segment extending over the base in spaced relation thereto. Cylinder segments project toward each other from the base and arm and are axially aligned and secured with respect to each other. ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7097219 | Encapsulated striker assembly A striker assembly for latch engagement has a striker piece and a striker mount which encapsulates a portion of the striker piece to secure and mount the striker piece on a structure for engagement with a latch. In one embodiment, the striker mount is formed by a pa... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7036854 | Flush bolt A flush bolt mechanism to be mounted into a recess at the vertical edge of an inactive door of a pair of swinging doors. The flush bolt mechanism has a manually-activated trigger, a shaft connected to the trigger by a pin, a spring clip biasing the shaft, and a bolt... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7011348 | Adjustable door strike plate and assembly An adjustable strike plate assembly includes a door strike housing and an insert plate. The door strike housing includes a strike plate having an opening and walls depending from the strike plate to define a cavity. The insert plate is adapted to mount to at least o... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7000959 | Adjustable strike mounting system An adjustable strike mounting system having a cover plate, which can be mounted to an astragal having a housing, which has a longitudinal channel having retention guides, vertically slidable blocks, which have transverse slots, having horizontally slidable threaded ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6843184 | Adjustable door bolt jamb for safes A door bolt adjustment system for an open-jamb safe having a door jamb and a door bolt configured to extend behind the door jamb with a gap therebetween. The door bolt adjustment system generally comprises a substantially rigid door bolt adjuster, configured to be a... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6491326 | Swing adaptable astragal with lockable unitary flush bolt assemblies 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 ove... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6382685 | Sliding catch with a partition release assembly A sliding catch with partition release assembly for a fire extinguisher cabinet having a locking mechanism that comprises of a L-shaped member that has a first portion and a second portion that is defined as a stopping mechanism and a slotting mechanism. ... | 05/07/2002 |
| 5707092 | Self-aligning loop striker A loop-striker for use with a door latch of the type having (1) a bell-shaped mouth for receiving a complimentary wedge-shaped crossbar and a leading leg of the striker, and (2) a rotateable fork-bolt having a throat that traps the leading leg when the fo... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5692788 | Adjustable locking plate for a truck or trailer roll-up door An adjustable latch assembly for the lock assembly of a pull-down door used to close a container space such as the cargo bay of a van or van body of a truck or similar vehicle. The adjustable latch assembly includes a face plate designed to be mounted flu... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5328217 | Locking astragal A locking astragal for attaching to an inactive leaf of a double doorway. In the illustrated embodiment, an elongated astragal casing has a channel and bolt-slide assemblies mounted slidably within the channel. Each bolt-slide assembly includes a latching... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5135271 | Latching apparatus for access covers on bulk storage structures An improved latching apparatus for an access opening cover member or door on a grain bin. When locked closed, the cover member engages the adjacent wall of the grain bin to integrate the cover member with the grain bin wall to thereby enable hoop stresses... | 08/04/1992 |
| 4856832 | Striker plate for sliding windows, doors or the like A striker plate, particularly for doors, windows, or other closures. It includes a body having a bearing face which is adapted to be secured to the interior surface of the fixed frame of the closure and a lug provided with hooking surfaces cooperating wit... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4773682 | Sash lock A sash frame is locked to a stationary jamb by movable locking elements connected to an operating rod and cooperating with stationary locking elements. Both types of locking elements have at least one recess, one projection and at least one lateral suppor... | 09/27/1988 |
| 4663949 | Door latch assembly A latch assembly for securement to a common side of a sliding pane and frame to lock the sliding pane to the frame. Particularly, but not exclusively, the latch assembly is secured to a sliding door and the frame of that door. The assembly comprises a han... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4631866 | Composite non-handed door jamb construction An improved door jamb construction adapted to be used with left or right-handed door installations and which further accommodates a broad range of types and configurations of security deadbolt devices. The door jamb construction according to this inventio... | 12/30/1986 |
| 4613176 | Door latch mechanism A door latch mechanism has a pivoted latch disposed between a retaining solenoid and a four-bar toggle linkage. The toggle linkage connects the operating stem of the solenoid to the latch, has an under-the-center arrangement in a direction away from the s... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4540208 | Point-of-egress control device for safely securing emergency exit doors Apparatus for securing an emergency exit door includes a bolt for engaging a keeper, a dogging mechanism for dogging the bolt and a fluid throttling device disposed between the bolt and dogging mechanism. An electrical timer is connected to the dogging me... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4453752 | Adapter assembly for deadbolt preparation An adapter assembly is used in combination with a door of the type having an elongated opening to receive a bolt extending from a lock which is mounted in a door coupled to the frame. The adapter assembly comprises an elongated strike plate, mounting mean... | 06/12/1984 |
| 4432575 | Lock striker anchor plate assembly An adjustable lock striker bolt assembly includes an anchor plate which is manually snap assembled to a retention bracket by an operator without tools and with limited access to the inside of the lock pillar. The retention bracket includes a pair of space... | 02/21/1984 |
| 4305611 | Adjustable gate latch A gate latch in which a latch bar and/or latch body are adjustably mountable so as to allow repositioning thereof when such repositioning might be required, for example, as a result of misalignment of the gate structures due to sagging, etc. The locking b... | 12/15/1981 |
| 4218084 | Adjustable door strike An adjustable door strike to correct for misalignment of doors is disclosed. A metal strike is fitted with break-away/pop-off tabs to expand the hole in said strike thereby providing for hole adjustment and door realignment.... | 08/19/1980 |
| 4132440 | Locking arrangement for a household refrigerator A household refrigerator door is locked in its closed position by a latch, which is rotatably mounted in the door and moved between its locked and unlocked positions by a key. The latch cooperates with a catch, which is mounted on the cabinet exterior of ... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4087123 | Bi-directional adjustable couplings A pair of members, one of which has a multiplicity of projections extending therefrom in a uniform geometric pattern with the projections aligned bi-directionally at 90°, and the other member has a multiplicity of recesses arranged to mate with the proje... | 05/02/1978 |
| 4050725 | Latch assembly A latch assembly which both selectively latches and accurately positions separable members relative to one another. The latch assembly includes pawls pivotably mounted on a first member, the first member being biased toward a separated position relative t... | 09/27/1977 |
| 4024739 | Sliding glass door lock A lock for a sliding door is disclosed which comprises an elongated escutcheon having a slidable latching means. The latching means moves between an "open" and a "locked" position. The escutcheon includes means for releasably retaining the latching means ... | 05/24/1977 |
