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US 12,037,820 B2Granted
Latching handle assembly door guard
AssigneeSnatchlatch, LLC
InventorTimothy Boykin
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Abstract
A door guard for use with a latching handle assembly is disclosed. The door guard is configured to use the handle of the latching handle assembly in combination with components of the door guard to protect a pin that fits through a hole in the handle and into a lock of the door guard.
Claims20
A door guard for use with a latching handle assembly, the door guard comprising:
- a guard body comprising a main plate, a bottom guard connected to a bottom of the main plate, and a side wall connected to a side of the main plate;
- a partition wall connected to a surface of the main plate, wherein the partition wall has a ridge formed in an upper portion thereof, wherein the ridge is configured to receive a handle of the latching handle assembly, wherein the partition wall has a first opening formed therein;
- a pin having a lockable end configured to extend through the first opening of the partition wall and a free end, wherein the lockable end of the pin is further configured to extend through a hole in the handle of the latching handle assembly when the door guard is placed on the latching handle assembly and the handle is received in the ridge of the partition wall;
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- a non-padlock lock connected to the surface of the main plate and to the side wall, wherein the lock is configured to receive the lockable end of the pin, wherein the lock contains a locking mechanism configured to secure the lockable end of the pin within the lock;
- wherein the guard body, the partition wall, and the lock are arranged to at least substantially enclose a portion of the pin that extends through the hole in the handle of the latching handle assembly when the door guard is placed on the latching handle assembly.
3 more elements
A door guard system comprising:
- a latching handle assembly comprising a handle having an end pivotably attached to a roll-up door and an opposite end having a hole formed in the handle;
- and a door guard comprising:
- a guard body comprising a main plate, a bottom guard connected to a bottom of the main plate, and a side wall connected to a side of the main plate;
- a partition wall connected to a surface of the main plate, wherein the partition wall has a ridge formed in an upper portion thereof, wherein the ridge is configured to receive the handle of the latching handle assembly, wherein the partition wall has a first opening formed therein;
- a pin having a lockable end configured to extend through the first opening of the partition wall and a free end, wherein the lockable end of the pin is further configured to extend through the hole in the handle of the latching handle assembly when the door guard is placed on the latching handle assembly and the handle is received in the ridge of the partition wall;
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- a non-padlock lock connected to the surface of the main plate and to the side wall, wherein the lock is configured to receive the lockable end of the pin, wherein the lock contains a locking mechanism configured to secure the lockable end of the pin within the lock;
- wherein the guard body, the partition wall, and the lock are arranged to at least substantially enclose a portion of the pin that extends through the hole in the handle of the latching handle assembly when the door guard is placed on the latching handle assembly.
5 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.