Patent ID: 9297186
Filing Date: 2016-03-29
CPC Classification: E05B,E05C,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A telecommunications enclosure comprising: a dome; a base for receiving the dome; and a lock assembly for releasably coupling the dome of the telecommunications enclosure to the base of the telecommunications enclosure, the lock assembly comprising a housing having at least one stop including a flange extending generally orthogonally away from the housing, a slider defining an opening and disposed at least partly within the housing and moveable between an extended position for coupling the dome of the telecommunications enclosure to the base of the telecommunications enclosure and a retracted position for uncoupling the dome from the base, and a cam including a translator having a tab positioned in the opening of the slider, a drive head coupled to the translator, and at least one protrusion for engaging the at least one stop, the drive head configured to rotate the translator such that the tab engages the slider to thereby move the slider between the retracted position and the extended position, wherein the at least one protrusion is engageable with the at least one stop of the housing to stop rotation of the translator when the slider moves to the retracted position and/or to stop rotation of the translator when the slider moves to the extended position.