Patent ID: 7198308
Filing Date: 2007-04-03
Classification: E05B,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An operating mechanism for a movable closure element to releasably engage a strike assembly on a frame support and thereby releasably maintain a movable closure element on which the operating mechanism is mounted in a predetermined position relative to the frame support, the operating mechanism comprising: a base comprising an elongate portion with a first axis and a wall extending around the first axis and defining an elongate tubular passageway; a latch system on the base and having (a) a latched state in which the latch system engages a strike element on the strike assembly so as to maintain a movable closure element on which the operating mechanism is mounted in the predetermined position and (b) a released state wherein the latch system can be disengaged from a strike element so as to allow a movable closure element on which the operating mechanism is mounted to be moved from the predetermined position; and an actuating system on the base and changeable from a first state into a second state to thereby change the latch system from the latched state into the released state, the actuating system comprising at least a first link which is movable axially within the passage from a first position into a second position to thereby change the latch system from the latched state into the released state, the actuating system further comprising an actuating assembly for the at least first link that can be directed radially through the wall on the base into operative engagement with the base without requiring separate fasteners to maintain the operative engagement between the actuating assembly and the base, the actuating system comprising an actuating element that is pivotable relative to the base to thereby cause the first link to move from the first position into the second position.