Patent ID: 7065922
Filing Date: 2006-06-27
Classification: E05B,E06B,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A locking mechanism for a stair gate, comprising a displaceable latching mechanism and an operating element which can engage on the latching mechanism, wherein in a non-loaded state the operating element substantially releases the latching mechanism and in a loaded state the operating element engages on the latching mechanism, the operating element is loaded in a direction varying from an operating direction of the latching mechanism to engage the operating element on the latching mechanism, wherein the latching mechanism comprises a pin with a wide part and a narrow part and a latching member, said latching member comprises a hole with a relevant dimension greater than a relevant dimension of the wide part of the pin and a slot extending from an outer surface of said latching member to the hole, said slot has a width greater than a relevant dimension of the narrow part of the pin and smaller than the relevant dimension of the wide part of the pin, wherein the operating direction comprises movement between a locked and an unlocked position by axial displacement of the pin.