Training device for simulating the response of a locked door to the application of a blunt force
OwnerMichael Bishopinventor
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Abstract
A training device, for training emergency personnel to breach a locked door with a blunt force technique. The training device includes a door, a door frame, and a locking mechanism having a latching cylinder with a vertical axis, a latch stop, and at least one heavy-duty spring. The door is held in a closed position by the latching cylinder engaging the latch stop under the strong bias of the spring. The application of a blunt force near the locking mechanism causes the latching cylinder to move slightly away from the latch stop to allow the door to enter an open position.
Claims10
A training device, for training emergency personnel to breach a locked door with a blunt force technique, comprising:
- a door having a front and a rear;
- a door frame having a first vertical member and a second vertical member, the door hingably attached to the second vertical member, the first vertical member having a latch stop that prevents the door from swinging rearwardly and a latch keep adjacent to the latch stop;
- a locking mechanism, selectively securing the door and door frame at the first vertical member in the closed position, the locking mechanism having a latching cylinder that is cylindrical in shape with a vertical axis extending substantially parallel to the first vertical member of the door frame, and at least one spring that urges the latching cylinder outwardly against the latch keep to hold the door in a closed position, the spring having sufficient strength such that upon the exercise of an extraordinary blunt force against the door through the exercise of the blunt force technique against the locking mechanism, the latching cylinder is allowed to move sufficiently inwardly to clear the latch stop and allow the door to swing open rearwardly.
A training device, for training emergency personnel to breach a locked door with a blunt force technique, comprising:
- a door having a front and a rear;
- a door frame having a first vertical member and a second vertical member, the door hingably attached to the second vertical member, the first vertical member having a front, a rear, and an inner surface, the door having a closed position wherein the door is substantially coplanar with the door frame, and an open position, the inner surface of the first vertical member having a latch stop that prevents the door from swinging rearwardly and a latch keep adjacent to the latch stop;
- a locking mechanism, selectively securing the door and door frame at the first vertical member in the closed position, the locking mechanism having a latching cylinder that is cylindrical in shape with a vertical axis extending substantially parallel to the first vertical member of the door frame and a convex outward curve that extends toward the first vertical member, and at least one spring that urges the latching cylinder outwardly against the latch keep to hold the door in a closed position, the spring having sufficient strength such that upon the exercise of an extraordinary blunt force against the door through the exercise of the blunt force technique against the locking mechanism, the latching cylinder is allowed to move sufficiently inwardly to clear the latch stop and allow the door to swing rearwardly to the open position.
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