Patent ID: 6065896
Filing Date: 2000-05-23
Classification: F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
A lever device comprising:a slide bolt;a lever having a terminal end hingedly coupled at a hinge point to a fixed reference, said lever having a free end serving as a handle;a fixed support arm being substantially parallel and adjacent to said slide bolt;said lever incorporating a hollowed-out portion between said terminal end and said handle, said hollowed-out portion receiving one end of said slide bolt and a portion of said support arm therein, said one end of said slide bolt being hingedly coupled to said lever at said hollowed-out portion, said hollowed-out portion being sized to allow said support arm to pass therethrough; anda latch incorporated in part on said support arm and in part on said lever at said hollowed-out portion, wherein said lever is pivoted about said hinge point to move said slide bolt between a first position and a second position with said lever being supported by said support arm passing through said hollowed-out portion, and wherein said latch can be engaged to maintain said slide bolt in at least one of said first position and said second position.