Door jamb mounted door lock
OwnerGinard W. Dorlacinventor
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Abstract
A lock mechanism for use with a swinging door on hinges with no outside key involved. A fixture is affixed to the door frame opposite the hinges. A through bore allows a rod with a handle at one end and threads at the opposite end to pass through the door and be threaded into a threaded aperture in the fixture to prevent hinged movement of the door. The parts may be cadmium plated for corrosion protection.
Claims7
A locking system adapted for attachment to a swinging door on hinges in a door jamb, said door jamb including framing members and a jamb door stop against which the door is closed, said locking system comprising:
- a fixture configured for attachment to the framing members of the door jamb opposite the hinges with lag screws;
- said fixture formed of square tubing with end caps and two vertically aligned keyhole slots on a first side of the square tubing for attachment of the fixture to the framing members with the lag screws, said square tubing having apertures in a second side of the square tubing opposite the first side of the square tubing, said apertures aligned with the keyhole slots for accessing the lag screws through said aligned apertures;
- and,
- a rod with a handle at one end and threads at an opposite end, said rod configured to be slidingly passed through a bore in the door aligned with a threaded aperture in the fixture;
- whereby a door is secured in a closed position against the door jamb when the rod is passed through the through bore and threaded into the threaded aperture in the fixture by the handle.
The system of 1 wherein a face plate is provided on an inside and an outside of the door with openings configured to be in registry with the through bore.
A locking system adapted for attachment to a swinging door on hinges in a door jamb, said swinging door having a doorknob opposite the hinges, said door jamb including a jamb door stop against which the door is closed, said locking system comprising
- a fixture configured to be mounted on the door jamb opposite the hinges, said fixture having a first side of the fixture aligned with the jamb door stop, said fixture formed of square tubing with end caps and two vertically aligned keyhole slots on the first side of the square tubing for attachment of the fixture to the door jamb with lag screws, said square tubing having apertures in a second side of the square tubing opposite the first side of the square tubing, said apertures aligned with the keyhole slots for accessing the lag screws, said end caps formed of square tubing and telescopingly received in opposite ends of the square tubing and having cutouts on the first side of the square tubing for collaring the heads of the lag screws,
- a rod with a T-handle at a first end and threads at a second opposite end, said rod configured to be passed through a through bore in the door aligned with a threaded aperture in the fixture, said through bore provided above or below the doorknob;
- whereby a door is secured in a closed position against the door jamb when the rod is passed through the through bore and threaded into the threaded aperture in the fixture by rotation of the handle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.