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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:
Jul. 01, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2006
Applicant:
Joseph J. Bella, Plainfield, IL (US);
Inventor:
Joseph J. Bella, Plainfield, IL (US);
Assignee:
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E05C 1/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A push button latch includes a housing, an actuator movable along a path substantially axial of the housing and a lock movable along a path transverse to the axial path. A spring biases the lock to a latching position, and structures in the lock and housing inhibit unintended opening of the latch.