Latch for sliding door or frame
AssigneeWest Coast Innovative Design, LLC
InventorCindy Lou Gibbons
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Abstract
A latch for a sliding frame may be provided with a mounting end for mounting the latch on a mounting surface over which a sliding frame would travel along a sliding path, and a resilient blocking element having an end portion and a body portion coupled to the mounting end, and a stop element positioned to engage the end portion of the resilient blocking element and adapted to prevent the sliding frame from opening when the frame is in a closed position. A user may disengage the latch by removing the resilient blocking element from the sliding path so that the sliding frame can be moved to an open position.
Claims20
A latch for a sliding frame, comprising:
- a mounting end for mounting the latch on a mounting surface over which a sliding frame would travel along a sliding path;
- a resilient blocking element having an end portion and a body portion coupled to the mounting end;
- a stop element positioned to engage the end portion of the resilient blocking element and adapted to prevent the sliding frame from opening when the frame is in a closed position;
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- the resilient blocking element allowing a user to disengage the latch by removing the resilient blocking element from the sliding path so that the sliding frame can be moved to an open position.
A latch for a sliding door, the door having an inside and an outside face, comprising:
- a mounting end for mounting the latch adjacent to the sliding door on a mounting surface over which the inside face of the sliding door would travel along a sliding path;
- a resilient blocking element having an end portion and a body portion coupled to the mounting end;
- a stop element positioned to engage the end portion of the resilient blocking element;
- the body portion of the resilient blocking element positioned at an angle relative to the mounting surface so that the end portion of the resilient blocking element engages the stop element, and the resilient blocking element and stop element adapted to prevent the sliding door from opening when the door is in a closed position;
- the resilient blocking element being movable from a door blocking position to a position between the mounting surface and the inside face of the sliding door by pressing the resilient blocking element into the space between the sliding door allowing the mounting surface and the resilient blocking element to ride against the inside face of the sliding door when the door slides open over the mounting surface and travels along the sliding door path;
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- the resilient blocking element automatically returning to the door blocking position when the door closes.
A method for making a latch for a sliding frame, comprising:
- providing a mounting end for mounting the latch on a mounting surface over which a sliding frame would travel along a sliding path;
- providing a resilient blocking element having an end portion and a body portion and coupling the body portion to the mounting end;
- positioning a stop element to engage the end portion of the resilient blocking element and adapted to prevent the sliding frame from opening when the frame is in a closed position;
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- configuring the resilient blocking element in a position that allows a user to disengage the latch by removing the resilient blocking element from the sliding path so that the sliding frame can be moved to an open position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.