Rolling shutter lock bar slat
AssigneeQualitas Manufacturing, Inc.
InventorsCraig N. Zarbeck, Tyler Hinckley, Tyler Czerwinski, Robert E. Dutka
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Abstract
A locking system for a rolling shutter comprises a housing, a body, and a lock bar. The housing has a longitudinal housing channel. The body has a body channel, and is positioned in and moveable transversely within the housing channel. The lock bar is positioned within the body channel, and is moveable longitudinally to the body and housing between a locked position extending away from the body and an unlocked position retracted toward the body. The movement of the body within the housing channel is coupled to the movement of the lock bar between the locked and unlocked positions.
Claims23
A locking system for a rolling shutter, comprising
- a housing having a longitudinal housing channel;
- a body having opposite first and second ends, a longitudinal body channel with an opening at the first end, and a first slot within the body, wherein the body is positioned in and moveable transversely within the housing channel;
- a lock bar having a second slot within the lock bar, wherein the lock bar is positioned within the body channel and opening and moveable longitudinally to the body and housing between a locked position extending away from the body and an unlocked position retracted toward the body;
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- a pin coupled to the housing and extending into the housing channel, the pin received in the first and second slots;
- wherein the travel of the pin within the first and second slots couples the movement of the body to the movement of the lock bar, and
- wherein the travel of the pin within the first slot guides the transverse movement of the body in the housing, and the travel of the pin within the second slot moves the lock bar between the locked and unlocked positions.
A lock slat for a rolling shutter, comprising
- a housing having a longitudinal channel;
- a body positioned in and moveable transversely within the channel, the body having first and second body slots, a first end with a first opening, and a second end with a second opening;
- a first lock bar positioned within the first opening, and having a first lock bar slot;
- a second lock bar positioned within the second opening, and having a second lock bar slot;
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- first and second pins coupled to the housing and extending into the channel, the first pin received in the first body slot and the first lock bar slot, the second pin received in the second body slot and the second lock bar slot;
- wherein the first and second lock bars are moveable longitudinally to the body and housing between a locked position extending away from the body and an unlocked position retracted toward the body;
- wherein the travel of the first pin within the first and second slots couples the movement of the body to the movement of the lock bar, and wherein the movement of the first and second pins within the first and second body slots guides the movement of the body transverse to the housing, the movement of the first pin within the first lock bar slot moves the first lock bar between the locked and unlocked positions, and the movement of the second pin within the second lock bar slot moves the second lock bar between the locked and unlocked positions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.