Patent ID: 6478348
Filing Date: 2002-11-12
Classification: E05C,Y10T

Abstract:
A retaining device for securing a planar member that is swingable about a vertical axis between an open and a closed position between vertical support members, comprising:(a) a plate, mountable on one of said support members adjacent a vertical side edge of said planar member; (b) a finger member integrally mounted, at a proximal end thereof, on said plate, adjacent a first, lower, end of said plate, so as to extend, when in operative position, perpendicularly outwardly from said plate and vertically upwardly, in a plane parallel to said plate, towards a distal end of said finger member adjacent a second, upper, end of said plate; (c) a bail member transversely pivotally mounted on said plate intermediate the ends thereof, in a horizontal plane below the distal end of said finger member, for movement between a first position substantially planar with said plate and a second position in abutting relation with said finger member at a position below and spaced from the distal end of said finger member; and (d) an inelastic, elongated flexible member having a proximal end attachable to said planar member adjacent said vertical side edge thereof and a distal end provided with a ring adapted for overlying sliding and removable engagement over the distal end of said finger member and beneath said bail member so that, upon upward movement of said flexible member, said bail member engages said finger member in said second position in abutting relation therewith and prevents separation of said ring and said finger member.