Push button lock
AssigneeStrattec Security Corporation
InventorsScott T. Pollnow, Andrew Noel Goodman, Kurtis L Cherek
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Abstract
A push button lock an outer case and a button assembly movable relative to the outer case, the button assembly including a driver having a shoulder and a ramped surface. The push button lock also includes a tail movable relative to the outer case, and a spring retainer coupled to the tail. The shoulder is configured to engage and push the tail axially along a longitudinal axis when the button assembly is in an unlocked and depressed state, and a portion of the spring retainer is configured to be engaged and moved radially outwardly by the ramped surface when the button assembly is in a locked and depressed state.
Claims20
A push button lock comprising:
- an outer case;
- a button assembly movable relative to the outer case, the button assembly including a driver, wherein the driver includes a shoulder and a ramped surface;
- a tail movable relative to the outer case;
- and
- a spring retainer coupled to the tail;
- wherein the shoulder is configured to engage and push the tail axially along a longitudinal axis when the button assembly is in an unlocked and depressed state, and wherein the driver is configured to move axially along the longitudinal axis relative to the tail, such that a portion of the spring retainer is configured to be engaged and moved outwardly by the ramped surface, when the button assembly is in a locked and depressed state.
A push button lock comprising:
- an outer case;
- a button assembly movable relative to the outer case, the button assembly including a driver, wherein the driver includes a shoulder, a ramped surface, and a driver slot;
- and
- a tail movable relative to the outer case, wherein the tail includes a tail slot;
- wherein the shoulder is configured to engage and push the tail axially along a longitudinal axis when the button assembly is in an unlocked and depressed state, and wherein the shoulder is configured to slide axially along the longitudinal axis within, and relative to, the tail when the button assembly is in a locked and depressed state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.