Patent ID: 7264285
Filing Date: 2007-09-04
Classification: E05B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A deadbolt safety latch in combination with a deadbolt lock for preventing unlocking of the deadbolt lock with the deadbolt lock having an outside portion and an inside portion and a locking mechanism operatively interconnecting the outside portion to the inside portion wherein a key inserted into and rotated in an orifice defined in the outside portion operates the locking mechanism and rotates a deadbolt knob having a major dimensional axis and a minor dimensional axis carried adjacent a deadbolt base on the inside portion, the deadbolt safety latch comprising: a spring biased body having retentive memory and a back with opposing elongate edge portions; a leg extending angularly from each elongate edge portion, the legs defining a medial space therebetween; a leg extension interconnected with an edge portion of each leg opposite the back, each leg extension having, an elongate handle interconnected to each leg adjacent the edge portion carrying the first radial portion of the leg extension for temporarily overcoming the spring bias of the body causing the protrusions to move laterally away from one another.