Patent ID: 6629713
Filing Date: 2003-10-07
Classification: E05B,Y10T

Abstract:
The dead bolt lock assembly for use with a slidable door or window having at least one slidable panel, comprising:a wall mountable dead bolt lock including a housing constructed and arranged to be installed within a wall stud; a first dead bolt having a first end supported within the housing and adapted to move reciprocally into and out of the housing along a first axis and having a second end including an aperture formed therein; a door mountable dead bolt lock including a housing-constructed and arranged to be installed within a frame of the slidable panels the housing including an opening constructed and arranged to receive the first dead bolt in a locked position and supporting a second dead bolt therein, the second dead bolt being movable between a first, unlocked position spaced from the first dead bolt and a second locked position in which the second dead bolt is at least partially received within the aperture of the first dead bolt; an actuator operatively connected to the first dead bolt, wherein movement of the actuator in a first direction causes the first dead bolt to move in a second direction, opposite the first direction of the actuator; and wherein upon moving the second dead bolt into the aperture of the first dead bolt the sliding panel is secured in a closed position.