Locking apparatus, locking member, and method of use
AssigneeHavenLock Inc.
InventorsAlexander Michael Bertelli, Kenneth Clay Banks
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Abstract
Apparatuses, systems, and methods are provided for restricting movement of an openable object including a body, an actuator, a lifting member, at least a portion of the lifting member being configured to be raised or lowered relative to the body using the actuator to selectively restrict movement of the openable object, and a control circuit including a transceiver configured to receive a requested operation, the control circuit configured to process the requested operation and to control the locking apparatus responsive to the requested operation to place the locking apparatus in a locked or an unlocked state.
Claims18
A locking apparatus for restricting movement of an openable object, the locking apparatus comprising:
- a body;
- an actuator;
- a lifting member with a top surface, a proximal side, and a distal side, the lifting member being operable between a raised position corresponding to a locked state and a lowered position corresponding to an unlocked state;
- the raised position having the proximal side of the lifting member elevated relative to the distal side of the lifting member and forming an angle between a top surface of the lifting member and a surface upon which the locking apparatus is mounted, wherein the raised position with the proximal side of the lifting member elevated relative to the distal side of the lifting member can restrict movement of the openable object by translating force applied to the lifting member along the lifting member downwardly toward the body and surface upon which the locking apparatus is mounted;
- the lowered position having the proximal side of the lifting member not elevated relative to the distal side of the lifting member so that the lowered position is not operable to restrict movement of the openable object;
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- a control circuit including a transceiver configured to receive a requested operation, the control circuit configured to process the requested operation and to control the locking apparatus responsive to the requested operation to place the locking apparatus in the locked or the unlocked state.
A method of restricting movement of an openable object using a locking apparatus, comprising:
- receiving a requested operation at a transceiver of the locking apparatus;
- processing the received requested operation at a control circuit of the locking apparatus;
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- controlling the locking apparatus by the control circuit responsive to the requested operation by directing operation of an actuator of the locking apparatus to modify a position of a lifting member of the locking apparatus between a raised position and a lowered position,
- the raised position having a proximal side of the lifting member elevated relative to a distal side of the lifting member wherein the raised position with the proximal side of the lifting member elevated relative to the distal side of the lifting member restricts movement of the openable object by translating force applied to the lifting member along the lifting member downwardly toward the body and a surface upon which the locking apparatus is mounted;
- the lowered position having the proximal side of the lifting member not elevated relative to the distal side of the lifting member so that the lowered position is not operable to restrict movement of the openable object.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.