Door locking system
OwnerBruce C. Bennettinventor
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Abstract
A door locking system includes a first door and a second door positioned adjacent to each other and one of which is a sliding door. A mounting plate is mounted on the first door adjacent to the second door. A hinge plate has a hinged edge hingedly coupled to the mounting plate and is selectively positioned in a deployed position extending outwardly from the mounting plate. A stop includes a leg and an arcuate arm attached to the leg. The leg and arm are each hingedly coupled to the mounting plates and traverse the hinge plate. The stop releasably engages the hinge plate when the hinge plate is in the deployed position to retain the hinge plate in the deployed position and prevent the sliding of the first and second doors with respect to each other.
Claims11
A door locking system to prevent opening of a door, system comprising:
- a first door and a second door being adjacent to each other, at least one of said first and second doors is a sliding door;
- a mounting plate having a first side, a second side, a first lateral edge, a second lateral edge, an upper edge and a lower edge, said first side being attached to said first door at a position adjacent to said second door;
- a hinge plate having a hinged edge being hingedly coupled to said mounting plate and a free edge positioned opposite of said hinged edge, said hinge plate being selectively positioned in a deployed position extending outwardly from said second side;
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- a stop including a leg having a first end and a second end and an arcuate arm being attached to said leg, said first end of said leg being hingedly coupled to said mounting plate adjacent to said hinged edge of said hinge plate, a distal end of said arm with respect to said leg being hingedly coupled to said mounting plate to position said hinge plate between said first end of said leg and said distal end of said arm, said stop releasably engaging said hinge plate when said hinge plate is in said deployed position to retain said hinge plate in said deployed position and preventing the sliding of the first and second doors with respect to each other.
A door locking system to prevent opening of a door, system comprising:
- a first door and a second door being adjacent to each other, at least one of said first and second doors is a sliding door;
- a mounting plate having a first side, a second side, a first lateral edge, a second lateral edge, an upper edge and a lower edge, said mounting plate having an aperture therein extending into said first side and outwardly of said second side, said mounting plate having a plurality of mounting openings extending therethrough, each of a plurality of fasteners extending into one of said openings and said fasteners extending into said first door at a position adjacent to said second door;
- a hinge plate having a hinged edge being hingedly coupled to said mounting plate and a free edge positioned opposite of said hinged edge, said hinge plate being selectively positioned in a deployed position extending outwardly from said second side, said hinge plate being hingedly coupled to a perimeter edge of said aperture to allow said hinge plate to be placed within a plane of said mounting plate;
- a stop including a leg having a first end and a second end and an arcuate arm being attached to said leg, said first end of said leg being hingedly coupled to said mounting plate adjacent to said hinged edge of said hinge plate, a distal end of said arm with respect to said leg being hingedly coupled to said mounting plate to position said hinge plate between said first end of said leg and said distal end of said arm, said stop releasably engaging said hinge plate when said hinge plate is in said deployed position to retain said hinge plate in said deployed position and preventing the sliding of the first and second doors with respect to each other;
- said hinge plate having an upper edge and a lower edge;
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- a pair of flanges, each of said upper and lower edges having a flange thereon, said stop being positionable on one of said flanges when said hinge plate is in said deployed position to retain said stop in an orientation extending outwardly from said mounting plate.
A door locking apparatus for mounting to a first door positioned adjacent to a second door wherein one of the first or second doors is a sliding door, said apparatus including:
- a mounting plate having a first side, a second side, a first lateral edge, a second lateral edge, an upper edge and a lower edge, said first side being attachable to said first door at a position adjacent to said second door;
- a hinge plate having a hinged edge being hingedly coupled to said mounting plate and a free edge positioned opposite of said hinged edge, said hinge plate being selectively positioned in a deployed position extending outwardly from said second side;
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- a stop including a leg having a first end and a second end and an arcuate arm being attached to said leg, said first end of said leg being hingedly coupled to said mounting plate adjacent to said hinged edge of said hinge plate, a distal end of said arm with respect to said leg being hingedly coupled to said mounting plate to position said hinge plate between said first end of said leg and said distal end of said arm, said stop releasably engaging said hinge plate when said hinge plate is in said deployed position to retain said hinge plate in said deployed position and preventing the sliding of the first and second doors with respect to each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.