# US 2014/0197646 A1 · Camming dog > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0197646 A1 - Document ID: US20140197646A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/741,698 - Filed: 2013-01-15 - Published: 2014-07-17 - Earliest claimed: 2013-01-15 - Assignees: Pompanette, Inc. - Applicants: Pompanette, LLC - Inventors: James H. Kyle - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140197646A1 ## CPC - E05C 3/04: with operating handle or equivalent member rigid with the bolt - B63B 2019/0069: {comprising movable positive fit locking members, e.g. swivelling locking clips, or dogs} - E05B 63/0056: {Locks with adjustable or exchangeable lock parts (adjustable strikers E05B15/024; adjustable to different keys E05B35/083; adjustable bolt or backset E05B63/06; adjustable coupling means for bars, rods, cables E05C9/20)} - Y10T 292/1041: Rigid operating means - E05C: BOLTS OR FASTENING DEVICES FOR WINGS, SPECIALLY FOR DOORS OR WINDOWS (latching means for sideboard or tailgate structures for vehicles B62D, {B62D33/02}; fastening devices for constructional or engineering elements E04, F16B; locks, fastening devices structurally or operatively combined or having significant cooperation with locks E05B; means for operating or controlling wing fasteners in conjunction with mechanisms for moving the wing E05F) - B63B: SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING (arrangements of vessel ventilation, heating, cooling, or air-conditioning B63J2/00; floating substructures as supports of dredgers or soil-shifting machines E02F9/06) - E05B: LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS - Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION ## Abstract A camming dog configured for use with a window having a frame and a hinged lens. The camming dog includes an angled base having a base mounting portion and a handle mounting portion, wherein the base mounting portion is secured to the frame, the base mounting portion is disposed at an angle relative to the handle mounting portion, the angle is less than ninety degrees. The camming dog further includes a handle having an arm boss, wherein the handle is rotationally secured to the handle mounting portion of the angled base and rotates about an axis of rotation. Upon rotation of the handle to an open position, the hinged lens rotates unimpeded past the arm boss and upon rotation of the handle to a closed position, the hinged lens is secured within the frame by the arm boss. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A camming dog configured for use with a window comprising a frame and a hinged lens, the camming dog comprising: an angled base comprising a base mounting portion and a handle mounting portion, wherein the base mounting portion is secured to the frame, the base mounting portion is disposed at an angle relative to the handle mounting portion, the angle is less than ninety degrees; and, a handle comprising an arm boss, wherein the handle is rotationally secured to the handle mounting portion of the angled base and rotates about an axis of rotation, wherein upon rotation of the handle to an open position, the hinged lens rotates unimpeded past the arm boss and upon rotation of the handle to a closed position, the hinged lens is secured within the frame by the arm boss. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The camming dog of claim 1 wherein the window is a port for a marine vessel. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The camming dog of claim 2 wherein the port is an inwardly opening port and the camming dog is disposed on an inner surface of a wall of the marine vessel. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The camming dog of claim 1 wherein the window further comprises a gasket disposed between the frame and the lens, and the lens compressively seals against the gasket when the handle is in the closed position. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The camming dog of claim 1 wherein the angle ranges from about 60 to about 70 degrees. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The camming dog of claim 1 wherein the handle is rotatably secured to the angled base by a fastener. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The camming dog of claim 1 wherein the arm boss contacts the lens at a contact point and the contact point is offset from the axis of rotation. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The camming dog of claim 1 wherein the handle further comprises a mechanical stop configured to prevent further rotation of the handle when arranged in the closed position. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The camming dog of claim 1 wherein a position of the arm boss relative to the lens is altered by modifying the angle. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The camming dog of claim 1 wherein a position of the arm boss relative to the lens is altered by modifying a position of the axis of rotation relative to the handle mounting portion. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The camming dog of claim 1 wherein the handle rotates in a plane substantially parallel to the handle mounting portion. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The camming dog of claim 1 wherein the handle rotates through approximately one hundred eighty degrees, where the handle is in a closed position at zero degrees, a partially open position at ninety degrees and an open position at one hundred eighty degrees. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The camming dog of claim 12 wherein the arm boss is adjacent to the lens when the handle reaches the partially open position as the handle is rotated from the open position to the closed position. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The camming dog of claim 12 wherein rotating the handle from the partially open position to the closed position causes the arm boss to engage the lens and subsequently secure the lens within the frame. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The camming dog of claim 14 wherein the window further comprises a gasket disposed between the frame and the lens, and rotating the handle from the partially open position to the closed position compresses the lens against the gasket. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The camming dog of claim 1 further comprising: an alignment guide fixedly secured to the handle mounting portion; and, a height adjustment sleeve comprising an opening offset from a center position on the height adjustment sleeve, the opening complimentarily engaging the alignment guide, wherein the handle is rotationally secured to the handle mounting portion by the height adjustment sleeve and rotating a position of the height adjustment sleeve relative to the alignment guide alters the position of the handle relative the handle mounting portion. ### Claim 17 A height adjusting apparatus for a camming dog, wherein the camming dog comprises an angled base comprising a base mounting portion and a handle mounting portion, wherein the base mounting portion is secured to the frame, the base mounting portion is disposed at an angle relative to the handle mounting portion, the angle is less than ninety degrees, and a handle comprising an arm boss, wherein the handle is rotationally secured to the handle mounting portion of the angled base and rotates about an axis of rotation, wherein upon rotation of the handle to an open position, the hinged lens rotates unimpeded past the arm boss and upon rotation of the handle to a closed position, the hinged lens is secured within the frame by the arm boss, the height adjusting apparatus comprising: an alignment guide fixedly secured to the handle mounting portion; and, a height adjustment sleeve comprising an opening offset from a center position on the height adjustment sleeve, the opening complimentarily engaging the alignment guide, wherein the handle is rotationally secured to the handle mounting portion by the height adjustment sleeve and rotating a position of the height adjustment sleeve relative to the alignment guide alters the position of the handle relative the handle mounting portion.