Multi-axis latchbolt lock assembly
AssigneeInnovation Lock, LLC
InventorsAlvin Ma, David R. Wachsman
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Abstract
A multi-axis latchbolt lock assembly for use with cabinet drawers, desk drawers and the like is provided. The lock assembly includes a housing, a driver, a latchbolt, and an endplate. When an appropriate key is inserted into a keyhole of a locking actuation member, rotation of the key will actuate the driver that subsequently actuates the latchbolt into a locked or unlocked position in a vertical direction. The latchbolt includes a bolt member and a latching wedge, wherein the latching wedge is coupled to the bolt member in a rotatable relationship.
Claims20
A drawer lock assembly comprising:
- a housing having a front face and a rear face separated by a predetermined width;
- a barrel having a first end extending perpendicularly from the front face of the housing and a second end extending through the rear face of the housing;
- a locking actuation member disposed through the first end of the barrel;
- a driver disposed through the second end of the barrel to engage the locking actuation member;
- a bolt including a bolt member and a latching wedge, a first portion of the bolt member disposed in the housing in parallel with the front and rear face, a second portion of the bolt member coupled to the latching wedge in a generally perpendicular relationship, the latching wedge being rotatable relative to the bolt member;
- at least one first spring configured to bias the bolt member and latching wedge to extend from the housing;
- an endplate configured to retain the driver, bolt and at least one first spring in the housing, the endplate including a recess configured to receive the bolt member;
- wherein upon the latching wedge making contact with a surface of a structure, the latching wedge rotates to conform to the surface the structure and the bolt member is biased against the at least one first spring retracting the bolt member into the housing, and
- wherein upon actuation of the locking actuation member by a key, the driver interacts with the bolt member to retract the bolt member into the housing.
A multi-axis latchbolt lock assembly comprising:
- a housing having a front face and a rear face separated by a predetermined width, the housing configured to be coupled to a movable portion of a structure;
- a bolt including a bolt member and a latching wedge, the bolt member coupled to a the latching wedge in a generally perpendicular relationship, the latching wedge being rotatable relative to the bolt member and the bolt member slidingly disposed in the housing in parallel with the front and rear face;
- at least one first spring disposed in the housing and configured to bias the bolt to extend from the housing into a first position;
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- a locking actuation member disposed in the housing and coupled to the bolt;
- wherein upon the latching wedge making contact with another portion of the structure, the latching wedge rotates to conform to a surface of the another portion of the structure and the bolt member is biased against the at least one first spring such that the bolt member is retracted into a second position in the housing,
- upon the latching wedge clearing the another portion of the structure, the bolt member is extended back into the first position, and
- wherein upon actuation of the locking actuation member by a key, the locking actuation member interacts with the bolt member to retract the bolt member into the housing into the second position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.