Patent ID: 11965356
Assignee: SCHLAGE LOCK COMPANY LLC
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E | IPC E

Claim 13:
14. A lockset, comprising:
a housing comprising an opening;
an indicator plate mounted for pivotal movement about a pivot axis between an indicator plate first position and an indicator plate second position, wherein with the indicator plate in the indicator plate first position, a first indicium of the indicator plate is aligned with the opening, wherein with the indicator plate in the indicator plate second position, the first indicium is not aligned with the opening, wherein the first indicium is offset from the pivot axis by a first offset distance, and wherein the indicator plate is biased toward one of the indicator plate first position or the indicator plate second position; and
a movable component engaged with the indicator plate at an engagement point that is offset from the pivot axis by a second offset distance less than the first offset distance; and
wherein the movable component is configured to move from a movable component first position to a movable component second position as the lockset transitions from a first state to a second state to thereby move the indicator plate from the indicator plate first position to the indicator plate second position.