Supporting arm with locking means for a hinged panel
OwnerChris Kolefasinventor
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Abstract
A device for supporting a hinged panel in an open position and for locking the panel in a closed position. A first embodiment of a device according to the present invention comprises an arm with an inverse-L shaped slot for receiving therein a pin attached to the swinging end of the panel. When the pin is in a first leg of the slot, the panel is allowed to swing open. When the pin is in a second leg of the slot, the panel is locked in the closed position. A further embodiment of the device of the present invention comprises a retaining device for preventing the arm from pivoting when the panel is closed, thereby locking the panel in the closed position.
Claims18
A device used to support a hinged panel in an open position and to lock the hinged panel in a closed position, the hinged panel being hinged to a fixed structure, the device comprising:
- a pivot point secured to the fixed structure;
- a pin secured to the panel;
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- a movable arm pivotally attached at a first end to the pivot point and including a slot for receiving the pin therein, the slot having a first slot leg and a second slot leg connected with an end of the first slot leg, so that the panel is in a locked position when the pin is in the first slot leg and in an open position when the pin is in the second slot leg,
- wherein the movable arm is substantially planar.
A device used to support a hinged panel in an open position and to lock the hinged panel in a closed position, the hinged panel being hinged to a fixed structure, the device comprising:
- a pivot point secured to the fixed structure;
- a pin secured no the panel;
- and
- a movable arm pivotally attached at a first end to the pivot point and including a slot for receiving the pin therein, the movable arm being substantially planar;
- and
- a retaining device for retaining the arm in a locked position by preventing the am from pivoting about the pivot point when the hinged panel is in the closed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.