Sliding door lock
OwnerLee Wesley Brakensiekinventor
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Abstract
A lock for a sliding door comprising a base member fixedly secured to an outer surface of a sliding door guide channel with a leaf member pivotly connected to the base member. The leaf member is pivotable from a position where it is substantially an extention of the base member and the door is freely slidable to a second position substantially perpendicular to the base member and the door is obstructed from movement from a closed to an open position. A translatable locking means carried by the base members is provided to prevent the leaf member from movement from its second position to its first position. An additional stop member is provided for attachment to the door when the door is positioned remote from its outer channel member for engagement with the leaf member when the leaf member is in its second position.
Claims2
An improved locking apparatus for a slidable door panel, said panel slidable within upper and lower channels of a door casing comprising:
- a base member fixedly attached to the outer surface of said upper channel parallel to and remote from said slidable door panel;
- a leaf member having a hinged attachment to said base member of movement from a first position where said leaf member hangs downward by the force of gravity and is substantially an extension of said base member to a second position inwardly toward said slidable door panel where said leaf member is substantially perpendicular to said base member, a section of the hinge of said leaf member having a cutaway portion, one edge of said cutaway portion being positioned adjacent said base member when said base member is in said second position;
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- a locking lever positioned parallel to the surface of said base member and pivotable about its end attachment thereto, said locking lever having a downward extending tab portion on its end remote from its attachment end for abutting said one edge of said cutaway portion and holding said leaf member in said second position and an outward extending actuating member adjacent said tab for actuation of said locking lever.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.