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US 2017/0122002 A1Published application
Privacy Lock
AssigneeSpectrum Brands, Inc.
InventorsTHOMAS P. MORSE, Eric Xin, James Lin
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Abstract
A privacy lock assembly and method of operation are provided. The lock assembly has a push button offset from the central axis of the lock assembly for locking and unlocking the assembly. The lock assembly includes compression springs to maintain integrated handles in predetermined orientations when the handles are not subject to a load.
Claims20
A lock assembly comprising:
- a chassis including an exterior and interior portion configured to extend from an exterior and interior of a door and a spindle extending between the exterior and interior portion to translate a door latch;
- an exterior spring housing and an interior spring housing coupled to the respective exterior and interior portions of the chassis, the exterior spring housing and interior spring housing each having compression springs;
- a locking mechanism having a locking piece that engages with a toggle offset from a central axis of the chassis to secure the lock assembly in a locked position;
- and
- means for unlocking the lock assembly from the interior portion by a camming motion so that the toggle is translated out of engagement with the locking piece thereby allowing the locking piece to rotate with the spindle.
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A lock assembly comprising:
- a chassis including an exterior and interior portion configured to extend from an exterior and interior of a door and a spindle extending between the exterior and interior portion to translate a door latch;
- an exterior spring housing and an interior spring housing coupled to the respective exterior and interior portions of the chassis, the interior spring housing and the exterior housing each comprising compression springs;
- a locking mechanism having a locking piece that is keyed to engage with a toggle offset from a central axis of the chassis to secure the lock assembly in a locked position;
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- wherein the locking piece is keyed to receive a tail piece of the toggle,
- wherein translation of the tail piece out of the keyed locking piece unlocks the lock assembly into an unlocked position.
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A method of operating a door locking assembly in a door comprising:
- providing a lock assembly chassis having an interior portion including compression springs and an exterior portion including compression springs, the interior portion and exterior portion connected via a spindle which translates a latch bolt;
- locking the door by pressing a lock actuator toggle, offset from an axis of rotation of the spindle, into a keyed opening of a locking piece in the interior portion of the chassis;
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- unlocking the door by camming the toggle out of the keyed opening of a locking piece.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.