Child safety cover
AssigneeOutpace Innovations, LLC
InventorsTimothy Paul Hopkins, Daniel Russ Dykstra
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Abstract
Various embodiments of the present invention are illustrated. A first embodiment is a safety cover for a deadbolt of a door. The cover includes a housing having a first open end and a second open end. The housing is mounted to the door and positioned to substantially surround the deadbolt with the first open end and to contain a deadbolt actuator knob of the deadbolt within a cavity formed from the housing. The safety cover includes a cap mountable, via the second open end, into snug mating engagement with the interior of the housing. The cap is positioned such that upon actuation the cap slides axially within the housing until an inner wall of the cap meets the deadbolt actuator knob and wherein upon further actuation the inner wall grips and rotates the deadbolt actuator knob.
Claims15
A safety cover for a deadbolt assembly of a door, said cover comprising:
- a housing, comprising:
- a first open end and an opposed second open end;
- and
- a housing sidewall formed to create a cavity extending from said first end to said second end,
- said housing mounted to said door and positioned to substantially surround and contain a deadbolt actuator knob of the deadbolt assembly within the cavity;
- and
- a cap comprising a face plate with outer and inner faces, said cap mountable through said second open end into snug mating engagement with an inside of said housing sidewall, and secured within said housing and positioned spaced from the deadbolt actuator knob, and
- wherein when said cap is only rotated, said inner face is not engaged to the deadbolt actuator knob, therefore, no movement is transferred to the deadbolt assembly, and wherein when said cap is first slidably moved into the cavity and then rotated, said inner face engages the deadbolt actuator knob to operate the deadbolt assembly.
A child safety cover for a door lock, the door lock having an actuator knob, said cover comprising:
- a housing;
- and
- a cap mountable into snug mating engagement with an interior of said housing, said cap positioned such that when said cap is only rotated, said cap is not engaged with the actuator knob, therefore, no movement is transferred to the door lock, and wherein when said cap is first slidably moved within said housing and then rotated, said caps engages the actuator knob to operate the door lock.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.