Patent ID: 11905740
Assignee: LARSON MANUFACTURING COMPANY OF SOUTH DAKOTA, LLC
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E | IPC E

Claim 0:
1. A deadbolt assembly for securing co-mounted doors together and activating at least one deadbolt, the assembly comprising:
a first-side assembly to be mounted to a first door of the co-mounted doors, the first-side assembly including a first coupling assembly to be mounted to a side of the first door facing a second door of the co-mounted doors, the first coupling assembly including a first rotatable component that is rotatable about an axis of rotation and a first retention component;
a second-side assembly to be mounted to the second door including a second coupling assembly to be mounted to the second door facing the first coupling assembly so as to interact with one another upon bringing the first and second coupling assemblies toward and proximate to one another, the second coupling assembly including a second rotatable component that is rotatable about the axis of rotation and a second retention component;
at least one of the first-side assembly and the second-side assembly further including the deadbolt that is operatively connected with at least one of the first and second rotatable components such that rotation of the first or second rotatable component can extend and retract a deadbolt,
wherein the first and second rotatable components are operatively connectable with one another and the first and second retention components create an interference in an axial direction of the axis of rotation of the first and second rotatable components upon bringing the first and second coupling assemblies proximate to one another along with rotation of at least one of the first and second rotatable components so as to restrict movement of the first and second coupling assemblies away from one another while the interference is created.