Patent ID: 6382689
Filing Date: 2002-05-07
Classification: E05B,E05C,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A security device for a sliding door or window assembly having a sliding panel in a frame, said device comprising:a bar; means for pivotally attaching a first end of said bar to an inner side edge of said panel; and a fixed pin secured longitudinally to a second end of said bar, so that said bar can pivot down one hundred and eighty degrees from an upright storage position to a downward locked position, allowing said fixed pin to engage with one of a plurality of spaced apart holes in a bottom track of said frame, thereby preventing said panel from being opened, wherein said pivotally attaching means includes: a U-shaped bracket comprising a mounting surface having two spaced apart fastener apertures and two substantially parallel spaced plates connected to said mounting surface, with said plates each having a vertical pivot slot; a pair of self tapping screws, to extend through said fastener apertures in said mounting surface and into said inner side edge of said panel; and a shaft extending transversely through said first end of said bar to ride and pivot within said vertical pivot slots in said plates, further including a locking pin extending transversely through and approximately one third the distance from said first end of said bar, further including: first holding means in said U-shaped bracket, for holding said bar in the upright storage position; and second holding means in said U-shaped bracket, for holding said bar in the downward locked position, â€ƒwherein said first holding means includes said plates of said U-shaped bracket, each having a top locking notch to retain said locking pin when said bar is pivoted upward into the upright storage position.