Back to results
US 6,854,774 B2Granted
Locking device
AssigneeSouthco, Inc.
InventorClaes Magnusson
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A locking device includes a handle member, a rotatable member connected to the handle member, and a bolt member connected to the rotatable member so as to follow rotational movements of the handle between a locking position and an unlocking position of the locking device. The bolt member includes a latch bolt spring-loaded towards an extended locking position and operative to yield towards a less extended position when encountering a stationary part of a coaming when positioned in its locking position.
Claims4
A locking device including:
- a handle member,
- a rotatable member connected to the handle member, and
- a bolt member connected to the rotatable member, the bolt member rotating together with the handle member as a unit between a locking position and an unlocking position of the locking device,
- wherein the bolt member includes a latch bolt spring-loaded towards an extended locking position and operative to yield towards a less extended position when encountering a stationary part of a coaming when positioned in its locking position, and
- wherein the rotatable member is a spindle pivotably carrying the handle member at one end and having a threaded opposite end, a latch bolt housing being threaded onto said opposite end and being arrestable in a plurality of rotational positions relative to the spindle, the latch bolt being slidably received in said latch bolt housing.
2 more elements
A locking device including:
- a handle member.
- a rotatable member connected to the handle member, and
- a bolt member connected to the rotatable member, the bolt member rotating together with the handle member as a unit between a locking position and an unlocking position of the locking device,
- wherein the bolt member includes a latch bolt spring-loaded towards an extended locking position and operative to yield towards a less extended position when encountering a stationary part of a coaming when positioned in its locking position, and
- the rotatable member carrying the handle member and a latch bolt housing, the latch bolt being slidably received in said latch bolt housing;
- wherein the rotatable member is a spindle pivotably carrying the handle member at one end and having an opposite end, the latch bolt housing being mounted onto said opposite end, and
- wherein said opposite end is threaded, and said latch bolt housing is threaded onto said opposite end.
4 more elements
A locking device including:
- a handle member,
- a rotatable member connected to the handle member, and
- a bolt member connected to the rotatable member, the bolt member rotating together with the handle member as a unit between a locking position and an unlocking position of the locking device,
- wherein the bolt member includes a latch bolt spring-loaded towards an extended locking position and operative to yield towards a less extended position when encountering a stationary part of a coaming when positioned in its locking position, and
- the rotatable member carrying the handle member and a latch bolt housing, the latch bolt being slidably received in said latch bolt housing;
- and
- wherein the spindle is rotatably guided in a lock housing and the handle member is pivotable relative to the lock housing between a relatively concealed position within said latch bolt housing and a position allowing rotation thereof together with the handle member.
4 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.