Patent ID: 6749235
Filing Date: 2004-06-15
Classification: B64D,E05B,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A pressure-sensitive locking device comprising a housing having an opening in an external surface which communicates with a channel in the housing, an insertable elongate member having a leading portion and adapted to be slidingly inserted through the opening so that the leading portion is within the channel and the trailing portion remains outside the housing, and a locking member in the housing, the locking member being biased towards engagement with the leading portion of the insertable member so that the locking member is lockably engageable with the leading portion of the insertable member upon insertion of the insertable member into the housing, and the locking member being cooperable with a pressure-sensitive device in the housing to effect disengagement of the locking member from the insertable member, said pressure-sensitive device being actuatable upon a reduction of ambient pressure, whereupon the insertable member can be withdrawn from the housing.