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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2001
Filed:
May. 05, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kent Kruzick, Winamac, IN (US);
Dann L. Bailey, Sr., Knox, IN (US);
Christopher P. Steinman, Rochester, IN (US);
Assignee:
Galbreath, Inc., Winamac, IN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E05C 3/06 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E05C 3/06 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for remotely locking and unlocking a door on a transportable container, the container sized and configured to ride atop a vehicle, includes latch means mountable to the container for locking shut and unlocking the container door relative the container, linkage means mountable to the container, connected with the latch means and being for actuating the latch means, and drive means mountable to the vehicle and being for driving the linkage means, the drive means being operable remotely by a driver of the vehicle.