Patent ID: 6467315
Filing Date: 2002-10-22
Classification: E05B,Y10T

Abstract:
A locking system comprising:an elongated sliding lock bar having a proximal end and a distal end; a locking cylinder having a proximal end and a distal end; the lock bar and the locking cylinder having a common centerline for telescoping engagement of the lock bar and the locking cylinder, an imaginary plane passing through the portion of the centerline, passing through the lock bar, a separate imaginary plane passing through the portion of the centerline passing through locking cylinder; a locking leg attached between the proximal end and the distal end of the lock bar, and a locking leg attached between the proximal end and the distal end of the locking cylinder; the locking legs projecting in opposite directions from one another from the respective lock bar and locking cylinder; each locking leg being of a continuous length and subdivided into multiple sectors; the locking leg attached to the lock bar projecting radially outward from the lock bar to comprise an initial sector, a second sector continuing from the initial sector in a curvilinear line, the curvilinear line of the second sector depending from the initial sector a predetermined distance, a third sector continuing from the second sector wherein the third sector comprises a reentrant portion of the locking leg and projecting toward the imaginary plane of the lock bar, a fourth sector continuing from the third sector wherein a portion of the fourth sector forms an acute angle with the third sector, and a last portion of the fourth sector lying in the imaginary plane of the lock bar; the locking leg attached to the locking cylinder projecting radially outward from the locking cylinder to comprise an initial sector, a second sector continuing from the initial sector in a curvilinear line, the curvilinear line of the second sector depending from the initial sector a predetermined distance, a third sector continuing from the second sector wherein the third sector comprises a reentrant portion of the locking leg and projecting toward the imaginary plane of the locking cylinder, a fourth sector continuing from the third sector wherein a portion of the fourth sector forms an acute angle with the third sector, and a last portion of the fourth sector lying in the imaginary plane of the locking cylinder, and being parallel to the last portion of the fourth sector of the locking leg attached to the lock bar; and locking means to maintain the lock bar and the locking cylinder in selective fixed relationship.