Patent ID: 7513539

Claim:
A locking astragal comprising: an elongate member having a slide bolt receiving passageway formed therein, said elongate member including a plurality of fastener receiving passageways formed therethrough and being mountable to an inactive door of a double door assembly; an upper and a lower slide bolt carried by said elongate member, each being moveable between locked and unlocked positions; an upper and a lower slide bolt movement member, each connected to said respective upper and lower slide bolts; an upper and a lower stiffener, each carried by said elongate member adjacent respective upper and lower portions of the slide bolt receiving passageway, so that said respective upper and lower slide bolts engage said respective upper and lower stiffeners when carried by said elongate member and moved between the locked and unlocked positions; a plurality of fasteners positioned to extend through the fastener receiving passageways formed through the elongate member, each of said plurality of fasteners having a top that protrudes above an upper portion of a bottom wall of said elongate member; and a lock member that pivotally engages a respective one of said upper and lower slide bolt movement members, wherein said lock member is moveable between locked and unlocked positions so that when in the locked position, a respective one of said upper and lower slide bolts is maintained in the locked position, and when moved to the unlocked position, a respective one of said upper and lower slide bolts is moveable between the locked and unlocked position, said lock member comprising: a user engagement portion that is substantially flat and adapted to be flush with an outer surface portion of a respective one of said upper and lower slide bolt movement members when said lock member is in the locked position and the unlocked position, and a lock portion opposite the user engagement portion, the lock portion having an unlocked side that is substantially flat and a locked side having an arcuate shape wherein the arcuate shaped locked side abuttingly contacts one of said plurality of fasteners to maintain a respective one of said upper and lower slide bolts in the locked position when the lock member is in the locked position and wherein the substantially flat unlocked side is positioned adjacent the interior portion of a respective one of said upper and lower slide bolt movement members when the lock member is in the unlocked position.