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US 5,294,159 AGranted
Sliding door lock apparatus
OwnerGavin J. Corriganinventor
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Abstract
A base lock includes pivotal first and second legs that respectively are mounted to first and second pivot blocks. The first and second pivot blocks include respective third and fourth legs that are arranged for engagement between one another, with the first and second pivot blocks mounted between a sliding door frame and a sliding door.
Claims4
A sliding door lock apparatus, comprising,
- a base block, and
- a first leg having a first leg first end and a first leg second end, a first leg first axle directed through the base block and the first leg first end and pivotally mounting the first leg relative to the base block, and
- a second leg having a second leg first end and a second leg second end, with a second leg first axle directed through the second leg first end and pivotally mounting the second leg to the base block, wherein the first leg first axle and the second leg first axle are arranged in a parallel relationship within the base block, and
- a first pivot block and a second pivot block, the first pivot block including a first leg second axle directed through the first leg second end pivotally mounting the first leg to the first pivot block, and a second leg second axle directed through the second leg second end pivotally mounting the second leg to the second pivot block, and
- a third leg having a third leg axle positioned within the first pivot block in parallel adjacency to the first leg second axle, including the third leg axle directed through a third leg first end, with the third leg having a third leg second end, including a bifurcated head, and
- a fourth leg having a fourth leg first end, including a fourth leg axle pivotally mounting the fourth leg first end to the second pivot block, with the fourth leg second end having a projecting rib receivable within the bifurcated head.
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