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US 5,667,262 AGranted
Portable, adjustable door lock device and method of use
OwnerPaul O. Planchoninventor
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Abstract
A portable, adjustable door lock device and method of use therefore, which provides a device having a first and second blade member which are pivotably pinned together, thus, forming substantially a "V-shaped member" having two pointed ends, with the ends being insertable and adjustably positionable between the edge of a door and the striker plate affixed to a door frame, so as to frictionally capture the reciprocable bolt therein, thus, preventing opening of the door from the exterior side.
Claims5
A portable, adjustable door lock device comprising:
- a first and a second blade member each having a first end a second end and a central portion, said first end of said first member and said first end of said second member being pivotably pinned together, thus forming substantially a V-shaped member having substantially two pointed legs, said central portion of each blade member being slidably detachably positioned between a first and a second washer, said first and said second washer being pivotably pinned together, said legs each being insertable between the edge of a door and a striker plate affixed to a door frame, said door having therein a reciprocable bolt movable into and out of a hole through said striker plate into said door frame, and said legs having opposed inside cutting edges for engagement with said bolt,
- whereby;
- said edges of said legs may frictionally capture said bolt there between, thus, said bolt is held in a secure manner and said door cannot be opened.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.