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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2022
Interlock Usa, Inc., Reno, NV (US);
Peter J. Minter, Reno, NV (US);
Douglas Stadler, Reno, NV (US);
Marc Wesley Fullenwider, Reno, NV (US);
Anthony J. Frabbiele, Reno, NV (US);
Interlock USA, INC., Reno, NV (US);
Abstract
A magnetically-triggered lock mechanism for interengaging two relatively movable components. The lock mechanism includes a bolt mounted within a first component and displaceable between retracted and extended positions to interengage with a second component when the first and second components are in a predetermined position relative to each other and the bolt is extended, and a magnetically-releasable latch mechanism positioned to latch the bolt in a retracted position, the latch mechanism including a first magnet and mounted for movement between a biased latch engaging position and a latch releasing position in a non-common direction of movement of the bolt. An adjustable strike having an actuator portion including a second magnet is positioned to displace the latch mechanism to the latch releasing position when the first component is in the predetermined position relative to the second component, wherein the actuator portion is pivotable about a transverse axis of the strike body in response to magnetic communication between the first and second magnets to maintain the actuator portion within close proximity to the latch mechanism.