Patent ID: 9476223
Filing Date: 2016-10-25
CPC Classification: E05B,E05C,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A device for locking a rotary or sliding door with respect to at least one of a surface and a fixed frame, comprising: a male element and a female element, the female element being shaped so as to house said male element and retain the male element in an easily detachable manner, wherein said female element comprises a pair of parallel, elastic, mutually spaced-apart wings projecting from a support base, and each wing includes an inner surface whereby the inner surfaces of the wings are arranged in an opposed, facing relationship, and wherein said male element comprises a substantially spherical knob having a slightly larger diameter than a distance between said elastic wings, wherein the substantially spherical knob is configured to snap engage between said elastic wings so as to be in engagement with both of said inner surfaces of the wings, wherein the each of the inner surfaces of the wings is defined by two adjacent side edges that each comprise a bevel to facilitate insertion of the male element between the wings from either of said two adjacent side edges, wherein position adjustment means and facilitated fastening means are associated with at least one of said support base of the female element and said knob of the male element, wherein a trilobed hollow for housing at least a portion of said knob of said male element is provided as a recess in the inner surface of each of said elastic wings, wherein each trilobed hollow comprises three lobes, at least one of the lobes being configured to receive and retain the at least a portion of the knob of the male element when the knob is engaged between the elastic wings of the female element, and wherein two of said lobes are each disposed adjacent a corresponding one of the bevels of the adjacent side edges.