Patent ID: 7118141
Filing Date: 2006-10-10
Classification: E05B,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A securing mechanism coupling an exit device to a midrail in a door, the securing mechanism comprising: a shaft having a first end and a second end and defining a longitudinal axis; a bracket coupled to the exit device, the bracket defining a first aperture and a second aperture, the first end of the shaft extending through the first aperture and the second end of the shaft extending through the second aperture; a first anchor slideably coupled to the shaft and being moveable along the longitudinal axis between a first locked position and a first unlocked position, the first anchor frictionally engaging the midrail in the first locked position and being disengageable from the midrail in the first unlocked position; and a second anchor slideably coupled to the shaft and being moveable along the longitudinal axis between a second locked position and a second unlocked position, the second anchor frictionally engaging the midrail in the second locked position.