Patent ID: 7264285

Claim:
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, a first radial portion extending away from the medial space and substantially parallel to the back, a second vertical portion interconnected with the first radial portion opposite the leg extending away from the back and substantially parallel to the leg, a third radial portion interconnected the second vertical portion opposite the first radial portion extending toward the medial space and substantially parallel to the first radial portion, and a protrusion extending from an edge portion of the third radial portion opposite the second vertical portion for releasable engagement with one of two diametrically opposed notches defined in the deadbolt base; and 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.