Patent · US Expired

Accessory locking device for a doorknob having a keyhole therein

US4631938A · kind A · utility

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11References
14Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJun 17, 1985
Grant dateDec 30, 1986
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 17, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T70/7977
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

The accessory locking device including hingedly connected shells having confrontable flanges that have convexly curved outer surface portions, each flange having a notch therein. A keeper tube has a slot so that the keeper tube is longitudinally slidable over the convexly curved portions of said flanges. Secured to the keeper tube is an auxiliary cylindrical lock having a projectable and retractable bolt, said bolt being projectable through a hole in the keeper tube so as to provide obstructive interference with the notches in said flanges. In this way, the keeper tube cannot be slidably withdrawn from the flanges until the bolt is fully retracted from the notches.

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