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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:
Jan. 27, 1998
Filed:
Feb. 14, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Allan R Masters, Balgowlah, AU;
Assignee:
RMD Press Co., Pty., Ltd., Sunshine, AU;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E05C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2922515 ; 292201 ; 292210 ;
Abstract
A lock assembly (1) including first and second components (2,3) adapted to be releasably engaged, the first component including an element (8) having a latch portion (7) for interlocking with a keeper means (22), the latch portion being held in an unlocked position in its rest state and being movable to engage with the keeper means as a result of magnetic attraction therebetween.