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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 1980
Filed:
Jun. 02, 1978
Walter E Best, Indianapolis, IN (US);
R Gene McCullum, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Best Lock Corporation, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Abstract
A door knob on a knob sleeve or spindle which is adapted to be blocked from rotation is connected to such spindle by a break-away ring and is otherwise rotatable on the spindle. The break-away ring is mounted about the spindle between the end of the fixed hub of the lock chassis and an internal flange on the knob, and has a pair of radial lugs extending inward to key it to the spindle and a pair of axial lugs extending into the knob flange to key it to the knob. One pair, preferably the axial pair of lugs, is adapted to break away under excessive knob turning force to disconnect the rotative connection of the knob to the spindle.