Patent ID: 9097038
Filing Date: 2015-08-04
Classification: E05B,E05C,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A slide lock device for preventing a panel from being displaced from an opening within a surrounding structure, the panel having an interior side, an exterior side, a top edge, a first side edge and a second side edge, the surrounding structure having a top structure, first side structure and a second side structure for defining the opening, a couple securing the panel to the surrounding structure for displacing the panel relative to the opening, the slide lock device, comprising: a mounting plate having an interior plate surface, an exterior plate surface, an upper edge, a lower edge, a primary side surface and a secondary side surface; a guide track extending from said interior plate surface of said mounting plate and having an upper stop surface, a lower stop surface, a first side track surface and a second side track surface; a latch plate having an interior plate surface, an exterior plate surface, an upper edge, a lower edge, a primary side surface and a secondary side surface; a track groove extending between said interior plate surface of said latch plate and said exterior plate surface of said latch plate and having a upper termination surface, a lower termination surface, a first side groove surface and a second groove surface; a bolt extending from said lower edge of said latch plate; a bolt receiver coupled to said first side structure of the surrounding structure; a fastener traversing said mounting plate, said track groove and into the first side edge of the panel for positioning said guide track into said track groove and slidably coupling said latch plate to the panel; said lower stop surface of said guide track adjacent to said lower termination surface of said track groove for defining a non-locking position wherein said bolt may not engage with said bolt receiver for permitting displacement of the panel relative to the opening; said upper stop surface of said guide track adjacent to said upper termination surface of said track groove for defining a locking position therein said bolt engaging with said bolt receiver upon said latch plate aligning with said bolt receiver for preventing the displacement of the panel relative to the opening; said first side track surface of said guide track adjacent to said first side groove surface of said track groove for defining a first slide guide; said second side track surface of said guide track adjacent to said second side groove surface of said track groove for defining a second slide guide; said first slide guide and said second slide guide slidably channeling the transition of said latch plate between said non-locking position and said locking position; a first handle extending from said primary side surface of said latch plate for manipulating said latch plate between said non-locking position and said locking position from the interior side of the panel; and a second handle extending from said secondary side surface of said latch plate for manipulating said latch plate between said non-locking position and said locking position from the exterior side of the panel.