Locking mechanism for a gate
AssigneeNubis B.V.
InventorsWilhelmus Petrus Johannes De Kruijf, Berry Meems, Hendrikus Johannes Vertegaal
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Abstract
A locking mechanism for a stair gate, comprising a displaceable latching member and an operating element which can engage on the latching member, wherein in a non-loaded state the operating element substantially releases the latching member and in a loaded state the operating element engages on the latching member, wherein for engagement on the latching member, the operating element is loaded in a direction varying from an operating direction of the latching member.
Claims12
A locking mechanism for a stair gate, comprising a displaceable latching mechanism and an operating element which can engage on the latching mechanism, wherein in a non-loaded state the operating element substantially releases the latching mechanism and in a loaded state the operating element engages on the latching mechanism, the operating element is loaded in a direction varying from an operating direction of the latching mechanism to engage the operating element on the latching mechanism, wherein the latching mechanism comprises a pin with a wide part and a narrow part and a latching member, said latching member comprises a hole with a relevant dimension greater than a relevant dimension of the wide part of the pin and a slot extending from an outer surface of said latching member to the hole, said slot has a width greater than a relevant dimension of the narrow part of the pin and smaller than the relevant dimension of the wide part of the pin, wherein the operating direction comprises movement between a locked and an unlocked position by axial displacement of the pin.
A gate comprising
- at least one hinge for hingedly mounting the gate on a first vertical part;
- and
- a locking mechanism for releasably coupling the gate to a second vertical part, the locking mechanism comprising a displaceable latching mechanism and an operating element which can engage on the latching mechanism, wherein in a non-loaded state the operating element substantially releases the latching mechanism and that in a loaded state the operating element engages on the latching mechanism the operating element is loaded in a direction varying from an operating direction of the latching mechanism to engage the operating element on the latching mechanism,
- wherein the locking mechanism is received in the gate such that the latching mechanism is moveable relative to the gate, and wherein the latching mechanism comprises a pin with a wide part and a narrow part and a latching member, said latching member comprises a hole with a relevant dimension greater than a relevant dimension of the wide part of the pin and a slot extending from an outer surface of the latching member to the hole, said slot has a width greater than a relevant dimension of the narrow part of the pin and smaller than the relevant dimension of the wide part of the pin, wherein the operating direction comprises movement between a locked and an unlocked position by axial displacement of the pin.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.