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US 11,572,712 B2Granted
Exit device
AssigneeSargent Manufacturing Company
InventorsLee Griswold, Sean Svendsen, Eric Fickas
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Abstract
Embodiments described herein relate to an exit device having a construction that facilitates visual inspection of the state of the exit device. Embodiments of the exit device include a visual indicator as to the state (dogged or undogged) of the exit device.
Claims11
An exit device comprising:
- a housing;
- a push bar operatively coupled to the housing and moveable between an extended position and a depressed position;
- a latch region housing;
- a push bar region housing located adjacent the latch region housing;
- and
- a latch transition region located between the latch region housing and the push bar region housing, the latch transition region including a surface, wherein when the exit device is in an undogged state, the surface of the latch transition region is visually effectively concealed, wherein when the exit device is in a dogged state, the latch transition region surface is visually exposed, and wherein the latch transition region surface includes a reflective surface.
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An exit device comprising:
- a housing;
- a push bar operatively coupled to the housing and moveable between an extended position and a depressed position;
- a latch region housing;
- a push bar region housing located adjacent the latch region housing;
- and
- a latch transition region located between the latch region housing and the push bar region housing, the latch transition region including a surface, wherein when the exit device is in an undogged state, the surface of the latch transition region is visually effectively concealed, wherein when the exit device is in a dogged state, the latch transition region surface is visually exposed, and wherein the latch transition region surface is colored with a color contrasting with adjacent portion of the exit device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.