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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:
Mar. 16, 1993
Filed:
Dec. 05, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Albert G Bucher, Masterton, NZ;
Assignee:
Interlock Industries Limited, Wellington, NZ;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E05D / ; E05D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
16371 ; 16327 ;
Abstract
There is provided a hardware fitting of the type having a mounting and one or more movable components. There is provided a movable element with the mounting and one or more of the movable components of the fitting can engage with the movable element during at least part of the movement of the movable component(s). The or one of the movable components becomes locked as a result of interengagement of the engagement mechanism with the movable element during such part of the movement.