Opposed hook sliding door lock
AssigneeAmesbury Group, Inc.
InventorsBruce Hagemeyer, Dan Raap, Gary E. Tagtow
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Abstract
A sliding door lock system has a centrally-disposed operator. The operator has a casing with a trigger retractably extended from the casing. An operator mechanism disposed in the casing is operatively engaged with the trigger. A lock remotely disposed from the operator has a housing. A pair of opposed locking hooks extend from the housing and a spring biases each hook into an unlocked position. A block pivotably connected to the housing is configured to engage the hooks when the hooks are in a locked position. An elongate member operably connects the operator mechanism to the block.
Claims11
A sliding door lock system comprising:
- a centrally-disposed operator comprising:
- a casing;
- a trigger retractably extending from the casing;
- and
- an operator mechanism disposed in the casing and operatively engaged with the trigger, wherein the operator mechanism comprises:
- at least one rack;
- and
- a rotatable element engaged with the rack, wherein a rotation of the rotatable element moves the at least one rack between a first position and a second position;
- a lock disposed remote from the operator, the lock comprising:
- a housing;
- a pair of opposed locking hooks extending from the housing;
- and
- a spring biasing each of the pair of opposed locking hooks into an unlocked position;
- and
- a block pivotably connected to the housing, wherein the block is configured to engage the pair of opposed locking hooks when the pair of opposed locking hooks are in a locked position;
- and
- an elongate member operably connecting the operator mechanism to the block.
A lock system comprising:
- a casing;
- and
- an operator mechanism disposed in the casing, wherein the operator mechanism comprises:
- at least one rack;
- and
- a rotatable element engaged with the rack, wherein a rotation of the rotatable element moves the at least one rack between a first position and a second position;
- a first housing disposed remote from the casing;
- a lock mechanism disposed in the first housing;
- and
- a pair of first opposing hooks extending from the first housing in both an unlocked position and a locked position, wherein each of the pair of first opposing hooks each comprise a contact face configured to engage a strike so as to pivot each of the pair of first opposing hooks from the unlocked position to the locked position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.