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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. 02, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jonathan W. Furlong, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Assignee:
Schlage Lock Company, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E05C 1/12 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E05C 1/12 ;
Abstract
A door latching mechanism includes a slide housed within a frame adapted for sliding motion of the slide within the frame and a spindle rotatably mounted to the frame and adapted to move the slide between a retracted and an extended position. A void is defined between an exterior surface of the frame and an interior surface of a cover housing the frame and the slide. An insert includes wings, which extend into the void and are positioned on opposite sides of the slide from each other.