Integral handle stop and latch member for sliding screen closures
OwnerDonald V. Kellyinventor
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Abstract
A molded plastic assembly for sliding screen closures employing a body made up of two separate parts which embrace the frame of a sliding screen closure and including an integral deflectable latching finger having an end portion which acts as a stop and which may be locked or unlocked by mere finger pressure against the deformable locking finger in order to engage or disengage from the door frame. The handle assembly employs the resilient characteristics of the material from which it is produced to provide the deflectable latching finger.
Claims8
A handle for a movable screen door having an edge frame and central screen cloth, said screen door movable into a slot-like recess including a reentrant hook portion in the structure against which the door is closed;
- said handle comprising an elongated body portion;
- means securing said handle to said frame member with said elongated body portion extending in the direction of the length of the screen door frame;
- said handle including a spring finger formed integrally therewith and extending above the plane of the screen door frame member in position to engage in an abutting relationship said reentrant hook portion;
- said spring finger being deflectable generally into the plane of the screen door to allow it to pass into a slot in the structure against which the screen door is closed and to allow locking engagement with said reentrant hook portion.
A handle for a movable screen door having an edge frame and central screen cloth, said screen door movable into a slot-like recess including a reentrant hook portion in the structure against which the door is closed;
- said handle comprising an elongated body portion;
- means securing said handle to said frame member with said elongated body portion extending in the direction of the length of the screen door frame;
- said handle including a spring finger formed integrally therewith and extending above the plane of the screen door frame member in position to engage in an abutting relationship said reentrant hook portion;
- said spring finger being deflectable generally into the plane of the screen door to allow it to pass into a slot in the structure against which the screen door is closed and to allow locking engagement with said reentrant hook portion;
- wherein said handle comprises a pair of mating handle members, one embracing the inner and the other embracing the outer face of said edge frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.