Door lock
AssigneeKingsway Enterprises (UK) Limited
InventorBenjamin Hall
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Abstract
The present application provides a lock (100) for a door. The lock comprises a housing (102), a lock mechanism (108), and a bolt (104). An end portion (112) of the bolt comprises a trigger (106). The lock mechanism is operable to move the bolt between a locked position in which the end portion extends through an opening in the housing and projects from the housing, and an unlocked position in which the end portion is within the housing. The lock further comprises a retraction mechanism (110), wherein actuation of trigger causes the retraction mechanism to automatically move the bolt from the locked position into the unlocked position.
Claims20
A lock for a door, the lock comprising:
- a housing, a lock mechanism, and a bolt;
- the lock mechanism operable to move the bolt between a locked position in which an end portion of the bolt extends through an opening in the housing and projects from the housing, and an unlocked position in which the end portion is within the housing,
- wherein the bolt comprises a trigger located at the end portion of the bolt that extends through the opening in the housing,
- wherein a portion of the trigger extends out of the housing;
- and
- the lock further comprising a retraction mechanism, wherein actuation of the trigger causes the retraction mechanism to automatically move the bolt from the locked position into the unlocked position.
A door leaf comprising:
- a lock for a door, the door including the door leaf;
- the lock comprising:
- a housing, a lock mechanism, and a bolt;
- the lock mechanism operable to move the bolt between a locked position in which an end portion of the bolt extends through an opening in the housing and projects from the housing, and an unlocked position in which the end portion is within the housing,
- wherein the bolt comprises a trigger located at the end portion of the bolt that extends through the opening in the housing,
- wherein a portion of the trigger extends out of the housing;
- and
- the lock further comprising a retraction mechanism, wherein actuation of the trigger causes the retraction mechanism to automatically move the bolt from the locked position into the unlocked position.
A door comprising:
- a door frame;
- a door leaf connected to the door frame by a hinge located at an opposing side of the door leaf from a lock;
- the lock comprising:
- a housing, a lock mechanism, and a bolt;
- the lock mechanism operable to move the bolt between a locked position in which an end portion of the bolt extends through an opening in the housing and projects from the housing, and an unlocked position in which the end portion is within the housing,
- wherein the bolt comprises a trigger located at the end portion of the bolt that extends through the opening in the housing,
- wherein a portion of the trigger extends out of the housing;
- the lock further comprising a retraction mechanism, wherein actuation of the trigger causes the retraction mechanism to automatically move the bolt from the locked position into the unlocked position;
- and
- the door frame further comprising a socket for receiving the bolt when the bolt is in the locked position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.