Patent ID: 11875623
Assignee: nan
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC G  E | IPC E  G

Claim 8:
9. A child safety locking mechanism for a cupboard or drawer comprising at least one movable door or drawer and a fixed frame, and the locking mechanism comprising: a latch assembly and a catch part each fitted on the movable door or drawer and fixed frame or vice versa, the latch assembly including a latching arm and a latching hook, and the catch part including a catch arm wherein the latching hook is aligned to abut against the catch arm in a locked position to prevent the movable door from being fully opened by a child, wherein the latching arm is movable to an unlocked position in which the latching hook is no longer aligned to abut against the catch arm and the movable door or drawer may be opened; and wherein, when the door is closed, the latching arm automatically moves back to the locked position; and comprising automatic release means which are remotely actuatable to automatically move the latching arm downward to the unlocked position when the automatic release means are actuated by a user;
wherein in that the automatic remotely actuatable release means comprises a release arm driven by a motor;
wherein the latch assembly includes control means for the motor in the form of a circuit board, which also includes a radio wave receiver, located in a latch assembly casing;
wherein the radio wave receiver is a Bluetooth radio wave receiver that is synchronised and paired with a Bluetooth device of a user so that the user may deactivate or unlock the child safety lock using the Bluetooth device in the proximity of the lock;
wherein a plurality of locks may be activated or deactivated;
wherein an app is provided to control the locked and unlocked status of each or all of the cupboards or of groups of a number of cupboards that might be in a particular room or location; and
wherein the app enables the activation of the lock or locks to be programmed in advance by time and date.