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US 12,747,609 B1Granted
Deadbolt locking system
OwnerMohammad Al-Ahmadiinventor
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Abstract
A deadbolt locking system includes a hinged blocking member with a striker plate configured to be affixed to a door frame and receive a deadbolt. The blocking member is hingedly connected to the striker plate and rotates into a blocking position to obstruct the rotation of a deadbolt's thumbturn, preventing unauthorized entry through methods such as lock picking or the use of duplicate keys.
Claims5
A deadbolt locking system comprising:
- a striker plate configured to be affixed to a door frame of a door and to receive a deadbolt of the door when the door is in a closed position;
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- a blocking member hingedly connected to the striker plate via a hinge, configured to rotate about the hinge into a blocking position, wherein the blocking member is configured to obstruct a deadbolt thumbturn from rotating while in the blocking position;
- wherein the blocking member, when the door is in the closed position, is configured to extend from the striker plate across a gap between the door frame and the door toward an interior side of the door, and
- wherein the blocking member comprises a thumbturn-receiving recess configured to at least partially receive a thumbturn of the deadbolt in the blocking position such that rotation of the thumbturn is prevented.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.