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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Applicant:
Truth Hardware Corporation, Owatonna, MN (US);
Inventors:
Donald Collins Meves, Owatonna, MN (US);
Sherry Lynn Jones, Owatonna, MN (US);
Michael L. Scott, Owatonna, MN (US);
Gregory J. Vetter, Owatonna, MN (US);
Assignee:
Truth Hardware Corporation, Owatonna, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E05B 65/00 (2006.01); E05F 11/10 (2006.01); E05F 11/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E05B 65/0025 (2013.01); E05F 11/10 (2013.01); E05F 11/34 (2013.01); E05Y 2201/22 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/148 (2013.01);
Abstract
A key lockable window operator, including a crank handle that is shiftable between a folded storage position and an unfolded operating position and a lock cylinder operably engaged to a rack and a sliding pin. The rack and the sliding pin are shiftable between an unlocked position and a locked position. When in the locked position, at least a portion of the sliding pin is engaged into a cavity in the crank handle whereby the crank handle is secured in the folded storage position.