Patent ID: 8267440
Filing Date: 2012-09-18
Classification: E05B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A lock for a door, with the door including a side, with the lock comprising: a latch movable between an extended, locking position not allowing opening of the door and a retracted, unlocking position allowing opening of the door; a connecting member including first and second ends spaced in a vertical direction, with the second end of the connecting member operably coupled to the latch; a draw rod including first and second sidewalls spaced in a width direction perpendicular to the vertical direction, with the draw rod further including an interconnecting wall interconnected between the first and second sidewalls of the draw rod and securely mounted to the first end of the connecting member; a base adapted to be fixed to the side of the door; a slide slideably mounted to the base in the vertical direction; an operative member operably connected to the slide; and an adjusting block mounted to the slide, with the adjusting block and the slide jointly moveable in the vertical direction, with the adjusting block including first and second sides spaced in the width direction, with the first and second sidewalls of the draw rod respectively fixed to the first and second sides of the adjusting block to move therewith, with the adjusting block moveable relative to the slide in the vertical direction to adjust the extended, locking position of the latch relative to the door, with manual operation of the operative member causing movement of the slide, the adjusting block, and the connecting member in the vertical direction to move the latch between the extended, locking position for locking the door and the retracted, unlocking position for unlocking the door.