Patent ID: 7389661
Filing Date: 2008-06-24
Classification: E05B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A deadbolt door lock assembly for keyless operation of a deadbolt from an unlocked position to a locked position of the deadbolt, the lock assembly comprising: an actuator operatively connected to the deadbolt and having a rotation axis, the actuator being rotatable on said rotation axis from an unlocked position corresponding to the unlocked position of the deadbolt to a locked position corresponding to the locked position of the deadbolt; a ring rotatable relative to the actuator from an initial position of the ring to a rotated position thereof; an actuator contact mechanism operatively connected to the ring for conjoint rotation therewith, the actuator contact mechanism being configured and arranged for contact with the actuator in the unlocked position of the actuator upon rotation of the ring from its initial position toward its rotated position to rotate the actuator from the unlocked position of the actuator to its locked position; and a biasing member urging the actuator contact mechanism away from contact with the actuator in the locked position of the actuator; the lock assembly being operable in a clockwise operating mode and a counter-clockwise operating mode, in the clockwise operating mode the ring being rotatable in a clockwise direction to rotate the actuator from its unlocked position to its locked position to lock the deadbolt, in the counter-clockwise operating mode the ring being rotatable in the counter-clockwise direction to rotate the actuator from its unlocked position to its locked position to lock the deadbolt, the lock assembly being operable between the clockwise operating mode and the counter-clockwise operating mode without removing the biasing member from said lock assembly.