Patent ID: 6722716
Filing Date: 2004-04-20
Classification: E05B,E05C,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A device for opening and closing a door, the device comprising:(A) at least one faceplate, the faceplate being attachable to an exterior surface of a door, the faceplate having a mount, the mount being substantially transverse from the faceplate; (B) at least one door handle attached to the mount, the entire structure of the door handle extending beyond the exterior surface of the door when the faceplate is mounted to the door, the door handle being adapted to provide a user an object to grasp to move the door; (C) at least one faceplate cap directly attached to the faceplate, the faceplate cap having a portion in a substantially horizontal position, and substantially parallel with the mount, when the faceplate is mounted to the door, the faceplate cap further having a portion in a substantially vertical position when the faceplate is mounted to the door and wherein the door handle and the vertical portion of the faceplate cap define a substantially flat surface substantially perpendicular to the mount; (D) a bolt, the bolt being movable from a first position wherein at least a portion of the bolt is inside the wall aperture thereby engaging the door into the wall aperture to a second position wherein the portion of the bolt is outside the wall aperture thereby disengaging the door from the wall aperture, the bolt comprising a stop surface formed on one end of the bolt; (E) an actuator attached to the bolt, the actuator being adapted to move the bolt from the first position to the second position; (F) a cam assembly disposed perpendicular to the bolt, the cam assembly comprising a cam attached to a cam shaft the cam further comprising a raised abutting portion configured to abut the stop surface of the bolt, the cam being positionable between at least a first position and a second position, and wherein when the cam is in the first position, the raised abutting portion of the cam abuts the stop surface of the bolt, limiting movement of the bolt.