Newfrey Lcc

Newfry LLC

Michael Winardi

Gerald B Chong

Lawrence G Rodriguez

Jeanette Vy Bui

A dummy conversion bracket is used with a lockset having an interior assembly, an exterior assembly, and a thumbpiece. The thumbpiece is pivotally coupled to the exterior assembly and includes a tab that extends through the exterior assembly. The bracket comprises a blocking member disposed between the interior assembly and the exterior assembly. The blocking member is coupled to the exterior assembly and includes an aperture for receiving the tab. The aperture is configured to prevent the thumbpiece from pivoting relative to the exterior assembly.

Dummy conversion bracket for a lockset

At least one exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a removable drive-in housing assembly for securing a latch assembly in a door. The removable drive-in housing assembly can include a cylindrical casing having a longitudinal axis, the casing adapted to at least partially surround the latch assembly. The removable drive-in housing assembly also can include a unitary cylindrical inner collar removably receivable around an outer circumference of the cylindrical casing. Further, the removable drive-in housing assembly can include a unitary cylindrical outer collar removably receivable around an outer circumference of the inner collar. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. This abstract is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. 37 CFR 1.72(b).

Drive-in latch with rotational adjustment

A doorbell assembly with hidden fasteners includes a doorbell cover, a bracket for supporting the doorbell cover and a button assembly. The bracket includes a first set of resilient fingers for engaging the button assembly and a second set of resilient fingers for engaging the doorbell cover.

Doorbell assembly with hidden fastener

A spring detent mechanism for a reversible lever includes a cantilevered lever catch rigidly attached to the sleeve and a C-shaped clip disposed in a groove in the sleeve. The lever catch includes a button for engaging the lever and the C-shaped clip is disposed adjacent the button to prevent longitudinal movement of the lever unless the button is depressed.

Reversible lever detent spring mechanism

An adjustable-backset latch system for a lockset includes three main subsystems: a bolt retraction system, a backset-adjustment system and a deadlatching system. By virtue of the simplicity of the design of the backset-adjustment subsystem, the user can change the backset from 2&frac38;&Prime; to 2&frac34;&Prime;, and vice-versa with one hand. A pin is simply moved through a &ldquo;U&rdquo;-shaped slot formed in a housing and housing and bolt actuation components are extended simultaneously by the desired backset increment. The bolt retraction system of the present invention uses a cam in which the distance from a point about which the cam rotates and the end of the cam, and the distance to a smaller cam pin, are selected to multiply the relatively small angular distance transversed during a half-round rotation of the knob or handle into the desired retraction distance of a main bolt. The deadlatching system uses two springs, one of which not only biases an auxiliary bolt to its extended position, but also biases a deadlocking dog so as to pivot into a blocking position preventing the main bolt from being retracted completely, in the event an intruder attempts to move the bolt.

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Fullerton, CA, United States of America

Michael Winardi