Lock assembly with locking handle
AssigneePTMW, Incorporated
InventorJohn Stallbaumer
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Abstract
A lock assembly has an actuator that is moveable between first and second positions and a locking structure that is coupled to the actuator. The locking structure is positioned to engage a portion of a lock when the actuator is in the first position to prevent movement of the actuator to the second position. A latch assembly is preferably coupled to the actuator and includes a latch that is moveable between engaged and disengaged positions. Moving the actuator from the first position to the second position moves the latch to the engaged position, and moving the actuator from the first position to a third position moves the latch to a disengaged position.
Claims22
A lock assembly, comprising:
- an actuator moveable between first, second, and third positions, wherein the actuator moves from the first position to the second position in a first direction, and the actuator moves from the first position to the third position in a second direction that is opposite the first direction;
- a locking structure coupled to the actuator and comprising a receptacle positioned to receive at least a portion of a lock when the actuator is in the first position to prevent movement of the actuator;
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- a latch assembly coupled to the actuator, wherein the latch assembly comprises at least one latch that is moveable by the actuator between an engaged position and a disengaged position.
An assembly, comprising:
- an actuator moveable between first, second and third positions;
- a latch assembly coupled to the actuator, wherein the latch assembly comprises at least one latch that is moveable between an engaged position and a disengaged position, wherein the latch assembly is in the engaged position when the actuator is in the second position, wherein the latch assembly is in the disengaged position when the actuator is in the third position, wherein when the latch assembly is in the engaged position, the actuator is moveable between the first and second positions, and when the latch assembly is in the disengaged position, the actuator is moveable between the first and third positions;
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- a locking structure coupled to the actuator, wherein the locking structure is positioned to engage a portion of a lock when the actuator is in the first position to prevent movement of the actuator to the second position or the third position.
An assembly, comprising:
- an actuator moveable between first, second, and third positions, wherein the actuator moves from the first position to the second position in a first direction, and the actuator moves from the first position to the third position in a second direction that is opposite the first direction;
- a locking structure coupled to the actuator and comprising a receptacle positioned to receive at least a portion of a lock when the actuator is in the first position to prevent movement of the actuator;
- a latch assembly coupled to the actuator, wherein the latch assembly comprises at least one latch that is moveable by the actuator between an engaged position and a disengaged position;
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- an emergency release coupled to the latch assembly, wherein the emergency release is operable to move the latch assembly from the engaged position to the disengaged position independently from the actuator when the actuator is in the first position and movement of the actuator is prevented by the locking structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.