Patent ID: 6247341
Filing Date: 2001-06-19
Classification: E05B,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A lock for a sliding closure having an inside wall, said lock adapted to be introduced in an elongated opening arranged in the inside wall, said lock comprising an elongated casing adapted to be introduced in the elongated opening and having a covering plate including an internal face adapted to be in contact with, and to cover, peripheral edges of the elongated opening, said casing including two substantially parallel longitudinally extending lateral walls projecting from said internal face, said lock further comprising a slider mobile inside said casing in a longitudinal direction of said casing between said internal face of said covering plate and said lateral walls and carrying a bolt carrier, said slider comprising a maneuvering member means accessible through a longitudinal slot arranged in said covering plate and means for immobilizing said slider relative to said casing in a locked position of said slider and means for releasing said slider from said locked position, wherein said slider has on a face thereof adjacent said internal face of said covering plate a member projecting a predetermined distance relative to said adjacent face, said projecting member shaped in such a manner that it is adapted to slide against said internal face of said covering plate when said slider slides longitudinally inside said casing and to protrude through a corresponding end of said slot when said slider is in said locked position, thereby blocking said slider in said locked position, said slider having cantilevered lug means extending cantilever-fashion from said slider in said longitudinal direction and adapted to slidingly and elastically bear against complementary conformations fixed in said casing in order to permanently and resiliently urge said slider against said internal face of said covering plate but allow movement of said slider in an inward direction inside said casing over a distance at least equal to said predetermined distance in order to release said projecting member from a protruding position thereby releasing said slider from said locked position.