Patent ID: 7926315

Claim:
An anti-panic lock assembly for securing a door to a keeper structure mounted in a jamb of a door frame of the door such that the lock assembly can be selectively adjusted by a first handle extending from a first side of the door and a second handle extending from a second side of the door opposite the first side, the lock assembly comprising: a housing configured to be disposed in the door; first and second plates rotatably mounted in the housing, each of the plates being configured to be connected to a respective one of the handles such that the plates are configured to rotate about an axis defined by the handles; a latch link configured to rotate about the axis, the latch link having a flange extending from the plates and defining a connection feature; a latch member adjustably mounted in the housing and connected to the connection feature of the latch link such that the latch member is configured to be adjusted by a rotation of the latch link between an extended position and a retracted position to thereby selectively engage the keeper structure; a lock link configured to rotate about the axis, the lock link having a flange extending from the plates and defining a driving feature; and a deadbolt assembly comprising: a deadbolt member mounted in the housing and configured to be adjusted between an extended position and a retracted position to thereby selectively engage the keeper structure; a link member slidably mounted in the housing and defining first and second connection features, the first connection feature structured to engage a key lock mechanism such that the link member is configured to be slidably adjusted by the key lock mechanism; a driver member rotatably mounted in the housing and connected to the second connection feature of the link member and to the deadbolt member such that the driver member configured to be rotated by the link member and thereby adjust the deadbolt member between the extended and retracted positions; wherein each of the plates and the lock link define a selective connection feature for selectively connecting each of the plates to the lock link to thereby configure the lock assembly in first and second configurations, the first plate being connected to the lock link in the first configuration such that a rotation of the first handle rotates the lock link with the driving feature of the lock link in contact with the deadbolt assembly to adjust the deadbolt assembly to an unlocked configuration, and the second plate being connected to the lock link in the second configuration such that a rotation of the second handle rotates the lock link with the driving feature of the lock link in contact with the deadbolt assembly to adjust the deadbolt assembly to an unlocked configuration.