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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:
Feb. 25, 1992
Filed:
Sep. 25, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Mir A Imran, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Supra Products, Inc., Salem, OR (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E05B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
70 63 ; 70 26 ; 70 39 ; 70277 ; 292 19 ; 292 86 ;
Abstract
A retention mechanism having a housing and a member mounted in the housing for movement between the first and second positions. The member has a shoulder formed thereon. A spring yieldably engages opposite sides of the member and the shoulder to prevent movement of the member from the first to the second position. An actuator is provided which includes an element engaging the spring means for moving the spring from a shoulder engaging or latched position to a shoulder disengaging or unlatched position to permit the movement of the member from the first to the second position.