Patent ID: 7083206
Filing Date: 2006-08-01
Classification: E05B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A combined automatic latch and deadbolt assembly, comprising: a latch; a deadbolt configured to selectively assume a cocked and a released configuration, the deadbolt defining a deadbolt feature; a wheel mounted for rotation, the wheel being coupled to the latch and defining a plurality of wheel gear teeth; a deadbolt pin defining a first and a second end, the deadbolt pin defining deadbolt pin gear teeth near the first end, the second end being configured to selectively engage with and disengage from the deadbolt feature, and the wheel and the deadbolt pin being configured such that movement of the latch causes the wheel to rotate and the wheel gear teeth to engage the deadbolt pin gear teeth so as to selectively a) engage the second end of the deadbolt pin with the deadbolt feature to cause the deadbolt to assume the cocked configuration, and b) disengage the second end of the deadbolt pin from the deadbolt feature to cause the deadbolt to assume the released configuration.