Device and method for securing a deadbolt door lock
AssigneeTLW Marketing Group LLC
InventorTroy L. Wesley
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Abstract
Disclosed is a security device for securing a deadbolt door lock having an interior face plate and a lever movable between a locked position and an unlocked position. The security device includes a base member configured to be secured to the interior face plate of the deadbolt lock, and a lock member pivotably secured to the base member so that the lock member pivots between an open position and a closed position. The lock member is configured to prevent movement of the lever from the locked position to the unlocked position when the lock member is in the closed position and to permit movement of the lever from the locked position to the unlocked position when the lock member is in the open position.
Claims20
A device for securing a deadbolt lock for a door having an interior face plate secured by a pair of laterally spaced-apart mechanical fasteners and a lever movable between a locked position and an unlocked position, the device comprising, in combination:
- a base member configured to be secured on top of the interior face plate opposite the door;
- wherein the base member has a pair of laterally spaced apart openings for the mechanical fasteners of the deadbolt lock to pass through to secure the base member between the mechanical fasteners and the interior face plate;
- a lock member pivotably secured to the base member so that the lock member pivots between an open position and a closed position;
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- wherein the lock member is configured to prevent movement of the lever from the locked position to the unlocked position when the lock member is in the closed position and to permit movement of the lever from the locked position to the unlocked position when the lock member is in the open position.
A combination of a deadbolt lock and a security device, the combination comprising:
- wherein the deadbolt lock includes:
- an interior face plate secured by a pair of laterally spaced-apart mechanical fasteners;
- and
- a lever movable between a locked position and an unlocked position;
- wherein the security device includes:
- a base member configured to be secured on top of the interior face plate opposite the door;
- wherein the base member has a pair of laterally spaced apart openings for the mechanical fasteners of the deadbolt lock to pass through to secure the base member between the mechanical fasteners and the interior face plate;
- a lock member pivotably secured to the base member so that the lock member pivots between an open position and a closed position;
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- wherein the lock member is configured to prevent movement of the lever from the locked position to the unlocked position when the lock member is in the closed position and to permit movement of the lever from the locked position to the unlocked position when the lock member is in the open position.
A method for securing a deadbolt lock having an interior face plate secured by a pair of laterally spaced apart mechanical fasteners and a lever movable between locked and unlocked positions, the method comprising the steps of:
- obtaining a security device including:
- a base member configured to be secured on top of the interior face plate of the deadbolt lock;
- wherein the base member has a pair of laterally spaced apart openings for the mechanical fasteners of the deadbolt lock to pass through to secure the base member between the mechanical fasteners and the interior face plate on top of the interior face plate;
- a lock member pivotably secured to the base member so that the lock member pivots between an open position and a closed position;
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- wherein the lock member is configured to prevent movement of the lever from the locked position to the unlocked position when the lock member is in the closed position and to permit movement of the lever from the locked position to the unlocked position when the lock member is in the open position;
- pivoting the lock member from the open position to the closed position when the lever is in the locked position to prevent movement of the lever from the locked position to the unlocked position;
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- pivoting the lock member from the closed position to the open position to permit movement of the lever from the locked position to the unlocked position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.