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US 5,960,517 AGranted
Fixing device for door furniture
AssigneeGainsborough Hardware Industries Limited
InventorGunther Sprekeler
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Abstract
A fixing device for an item of door furniture such as a knob or handle includes a mounting plate assembly with an internal locking slide plate which engages, with a snap-action, fixing lugs carried by the knob or handle when the knob or handle is presented to the mounting plate assembly.
Claims14
A fixing device for door furniture comprising:
- a mounting plate assembly adapted for fastening to a door, the mounting plate assembly including slide means for sliding movement generally parallel to the door, when in situ, between a locking position and an attachment position, means to bias the slide means to the locking position, and an opening in the slide means to receive a fixing lug of an item of door furniture, said lug being configured for moving the slide means from the locking position to the attachment position on application of the lug to the opening, and for being thereafter locked into the mounting plate assembly on return of the slide means to its locking position whereby to attach the item of door furniture to the mounting plate assembly.
A handle or knob assembly for a door comprising:
- a mounting plate assembly adapted for fastening to a door, the mounting plate assembly including slide means for sliding movement generally parallel to the door, when in situ, between a locking position and an attachment position, means to bias the slide means to the locking position, and a complementary opening in an outer face of the mounting plate assembly and in the slide means;
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- an item of door furniture including a handle or knob carrying lug complementary to said opening for receipt by the opening,
- wherein said lug is configured for moving the slide means from the locking position to the attachment position on application of the lug to the opening, and for being thereafter locked into the mounting plate assembly on return of the slide means to its locking position to thereby attach the item of door furniture to the mounting plate assembly.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.