Adapter device
OwnerFredrik Stendalinventor
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Abstract
The invention relates to an adapter device (3, 45) for use with an open strike plate (5) designed to cooperate with a lock comprising a bolt or latch in order to lock a lockable element in a fixed position. The invention also relates to a strike plate arrangement (1) comprising an open strike plate (5) in combination with an adapter device (3). The invention also relates to a method of attaching an adapter device (3) and a strike plate (5) in or on a jamb or lockable element.
Claims11
An adapter device (3, 45) for use with an open strike plate (5), the open strike plate being designed to cooperate with a lock comprising a bolt or latch in order to lock a lockable element in a fixed position, the open strike plate comprising a bolt opening (7) designed to allow extension and retraction of the bolt or latch from the lock into the bolt opening in a first direction (9), and to allow movement of the bolt or latch out of the bolt opening in a second direction (11) while the bolt or latch is extended, characterized in that the adapter device (3) comprises a rigid blocking element (13) arranged to block movement of the bolt or latch out of the bolt opening in the second direction when the adapter device is combined with the open strike plate.
A strike plate arrangement comprising an open strike plate (5) being designed to cooperate with a lock comprising a bolt or latch in order to lock a lockable element in a fixed position, the open strike plate comprising a bolt opening (7) designed to allow extension and retraction of the bolt or latch from the lock into the bolt opening in a first direction (9), and to allow movement of a bolt or latch out of the bolt opening in a second direction (11) while the bolt or latch is extended, characterized in that the strike plate arrangement (1) comprises an adapter device (3) comprising a rigid blocking element (13) arranged to block movement of the bolt or latch out of the bolt opening in the second direction when the adapter device is combined with the open strike plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.