Patent ID: 6070918
Filing Date: 2000-06-06
Classification: E05B,E05C,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A locking means for preventing opening of a sliding panel along a slide track wherein the sliding panel is slidably mounted in a frame, said frame having at least two parallel vertical edges, said frame further having at least one sliding track mounted horizontally on the frame, said locking means comprising:an elongated rigid rail member and mounting means for affixing said rail member horizontally to said frame in a first closed position in abutting engagement with a vertical leading edge of said panel, an adjacent frame vertical trim at the end of the sliding track, said end being parallel to and opposite the vertical leading edge of said slidable panel,wherein said vertical leading edge of said panel is the edge which is situated substantially equidistant from each parallel vertical edge of said frame when said panel is in the closed position,said mounting means including a hinge assembly for permitting a vertical swinging movement of said rail member from said first closed position to a second open position in disengagement from between the vertical leading edge of said slidable panel and said adjacent frame vertical trim to allow sliding of said panel in said frame,wherein further said rail member travels in an upward direction relative to the ground to be placed in said first closed position.