| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 292259000 | CROSS BARS | 23 |
| 20090102205 | LOCKDOWN DOOR BAR - A door has a doorknob, and is hingedly mounted in a door frame having at least one vertical member. The door is capable of selective rotational movement between a closed configuration and an open configuration. The door has a first side and an opposed second side. The first side is oriented in a direction toward which the door opens. A barricade bar includes a flange member for selectively engaging the doorknob to prevent the separation of the flange member from the doorknob. The barricade bar also includes a frame member for coordinate engagement with the at least one vertical member. The frame member is rigidly coupled with the flange member. The barricade bar can be oriented adjacent the second side of the door so that the frame member engages the vertical member and the flange member engages the doorknob to prevent the opening of the door. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090121497 | Door security system - A security bar system for physically preventing unwanted opening of a door. The system preferably comprises an elongated, rigid, generally cylindrical rod that is adapted to extend in front of the door between a pair of mounting brackets. The door bar is adapted to axially penetrate, and be restrained by and between, the bracket members. The door bar is an elongated, rigid, generally cylindrical rod adapted to extend across and block the door. The bar is adapted to be received at opposite sides of the door within suitable brackets through which the bar may be axially extended, and from which the bar may be axially withdrawn when desired. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090250950 | BAR LOCK FOR A DOOR - A bar lock assembly for locking a door in a closed or secured position is described. The bar lock assembly includes a tubular bar having curved portions that transition into a hinge receiving portion. A handle is rotatably engaged to the tubular bar. Hinge assemblies receive the hinge receiving portions of the tubular bar. The hinge assemblies connect or attach the bar lock assembly to a frame of the door. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20100026016 | TOGGLE LATCH - A toggle latch for a gate has a first unit mounting a pivotal latch arm and adapted to be mounted on the gate and a second unit providing a receiving and latching cavity and adapted to be mounted on a gate post, the body portion of the second unit having a forward nose to provide a ramp to deflect upwardly and over the nose the latch arm when impacting thereon and an interior retaining surface defined in the body and having upper and rear surfaces of the cavity to deflect down into the cavity the latch arm after it has ridden up over the nose. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100102575 | GRAVITY RELEASE LOCKING APPARATUS FOR TRASH CONTAINER - A trash container locking apparatus includes a housing which is secured to a surface of a trash container. The housing includes a pivot member rotatably mounted in an outer wall of the housing for rotation about a pivot axis and having an inner portion inside the housing and an outer portion outside the housing. A latch member is secured to the pivot member inside the housing. A swing arm secured to the pivot member outside the housing and associated with a locking bar which extends over a lid of the trash container. A latch paddle is pivotally mounted in the housing to hang vertically in a latch engaging position when the housing is mounted on the trash container. The latch member and latch paddle have interengaging formations which engage in a locking position to prevent the latch member and associated swing arm from rotating. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100244467 | DEVICE FOR LOCKING AT LEAST ONE DOOR ELEMENT IN AN OPENING TO A SPACE - A device for locking at least a door element in an opening to a space. The device includes a locking mechanism including a locking bar located on the inside of the door element. A protective housing includes a first part attached to the inside of the door element and a second part attached to an inside of an adjacent element. A protective plate is attached on the inside of the door element in a position such that the protective plate covers a gap between the door element and the adjacent element in connection with the extension of the locking bar over the gap when the locking bar is in a locked position. The parts of the protective housing are designed such that a gap between the parts of the protective housing does not coincide with the gap between the door element and the adjacent element. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20110049912 | Window or door frame having brace device - A frame includes a seat attached to a lower beam, and an anchor attached to an upper beam and having a pivotal catch tongue, a tubular member has a lower portion detachably engaged with the seat and having an upper latch shaft for engaging with the catch tongue and for detachably locking the latch shaft and the tubular member to the anchor, a follower is slidably attached to the tubular member for disengaging the catch tongue from the latch shaft, a lock device is secured to the tubular member and includes an actuating shank having a rocker arm for moving the follower to disengage the catch tongue from the latch shaft, and for preventing the tubular member from being disengaged from the anchor by unauthorized persons. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110215599 | MODULAR EVOLUTIVE SYSTEMS FOR USE IN PANIC BARS AND SIMILAR LOCKS - The invention relates to a sliding panic bar comprising a casing ( | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110304164 | PASSAGEWAY CLOSURE SECURITY APPARATUS - Methods and apparatuses provide for a security apparatus having a first anchor assembly with a first pin, wherein the first anchor assembly is to be mounted to a wall adjacent to a first side of a passageway closure such as a door or window. A second anchor assembly may include a second pin, wherein the second anchor assembly is to be mounted to the wall adjacent to a second side of the passageway closure. In addition, the security apparatus can include a longitudinal member having an open end and a closed end, wherein if the open end is coupled to the first pin and the closed end is coupled to the second pin, the apparatus inhibits opening of the passageway closure. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20120043769 | DOOR SECURITY DEVICE - A security device for bracing a door to prevent unauthorized entry comprising: a base plate, where said base plate is mounted flush in the floor near the door; a security bar, where said security bar is housed in an opening within the base plate and is capable of being moved to a lifted position; a receiving lip, where the security bar rests flush against the lip when in a closed position; and a pin, where said pin connects to one end of the security bar and provides a mechanism to pivot the security bar from the closed position to the lifted position, where the security bar is placed against the door to prevent entry through the door when in the lifted position. A plurality of screws for securing the base plate to the floor may be provided where the screws insert flush along the top surface of the plate. The security device may include an arched opening on one side of the security bar, where this opening provides enables a user to grab the security bar to place the bar in the lifted position to secure the door. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120139270 | ENCLOSURE LOCK - Aspects of an enclosure lock are disclosed, including a mount that is coupleable to an enclosure and a bracket that may be selectively interlocked with the mount. The bracket may be secured along the mount to provide adjustability given various application-specific considerations and inhibit unauthorized access into the enclosure. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120326457 | ACCESS-LIMITING BAR FOR DOORWAYS - A locking bar for use behind a closed door to prevent passage through the doorway. The locking bar includes a slot-and-pivot-pin combination to hold the bar securely in a vertical position when the locking function is not desired. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20140054906 | REMOTE-CONTROLLED SECURITY BAR - A remote-controlled security apparatus for a door or window (opening) including a The security bar has a first end hingeably connected to a first portion, such as a frame or jamb, of the opening and a second end sized to extend substantially across at least a portion of a width or height of the opening. The motor-driven apparatus includes a first end affixed to a second portion of the frame of the opening and a second end coupled to the security bar. The remote control directs the actuator to move the security bar between locked and unlocked positions. When locked, the security bar extends substantially across at least a portion of the width or the height of the opening. The security apparatus can securely lock a pair of sliding doors and control access remotely. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140300114 | SECURITY LATCH FOR DOOR HINGED TO OPEN OUTWARDLY - A security latch apparatus for the interior of a school or industrial door hinged to open outwardly. The latch includes a lower mounting door bracket with a pivotable handle designed to fit firmly against the interior doorframe and prevent that door from being prematurely pulled open. A disengagement rod is provided for authorized personnel to manually undo a secured door from its exterior. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20160010372 | DOOR SECURITY DEVICE | 01-14-2016 |
| 20190145139 | DOOR GUARD AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME | 05-16-2019 |
| 20220136295 | Door Locking Assembly - A door locking assembly for locking a door from the inside includes a brace that has a pair of slots each integrated therein such that a respective one of the slots can be positioned on a neck of a doorknob. The brace is longitudinally elongated to extend between a door on which the doorknob is positioned and an adjacent door jamb. A pair of fingers is each coupled to and extends away from the brace. Each of the fingers extends along a line oriented perpendicular to the brace. In this way each of the fingers extends between the door and the door jamb thereby inhibiting the brace from spinning downwardly on the doorknob. | 05-05-2022 |
| 20090021025 | Temporary closure device for an opening element on a fixed chassis part of a motor vehicle, comprising an improved return means - The invention relates to a temporary closure device for an opening element ( | 01-22-2009 |
| 20100171323 | Latch for a vehicle door - A latch for latching closed a door of a vehicle, especially designed to minimize the force required to latch closed the door by pushing the door to its closed position. A tongue, having a strike face and a catch face, is resiliently mounted in the latch so as to be urged to a latch-engaged position by a torsion spring pushing against a surface of the tongue and against a cover plate of the latch. A slider block is coupled to a door handle and to the tongue so that the tongue can be swiveled to a disengaged state by use of the door handle, in order to open the vehicle door. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20180023325 | VEHICLE DOOR LOCK APPARATUS | 01-25-2018 |
| 20180023328 | TAMPER RESISTANT HINGE ASSEMBLIES | 01-25-2018 |
| 292260000 | Screw-operating means | 2 |
| 20140306464 | SECURITY DEVICES FOR DOORS - A door security device for preventing opening of a door. A first device includes a bar that seats against a doorframe on opposite sides of the door and a clamp that clasps a door latch and applies a force to draw the bar against the doorframe while pulling the door latch toward the bar. The door cannot be opened away from the bar. A second device has a bar that seats against a doorframe at the floor with a two plates that extend beneath the door and around to opposite sides of the doorframe. Removable pins or other locks obstruct the plates from sliding along the bar. The bar is tall enough that the door cannot pass over the bar, thus obstructing the door from opening inwardly. A closer cover slides over a mechanical door closing mechanism to be used alone or with the other devices. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20160201365 | CABINET DOOR AND DRAWER RETAINING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SECURING CABINET DOORS AND DRAWERS | 07-14-2016 |
| 292259000 | Vehicle door latches | 4 |
| 20090102205 | LOCKDOWN DOOR BAR - A door has a doorknob, and is hingedly mounted in a door frame having at least one vertical member. The door is capable of selective rotational movement between a closed configuration and an open configuration. The door has a first side and an opposed second side. The first side is oriented in a direction toward which the door opens. A barricade bar includes a flange member for selectively engaging the doorknob to prevent the separation of the flange member from the doorknob. The barricade bar also includes a frame member for coordinate engagement with the at least one vertical member. The frame member is rigidly coupled with the flange member. The barricade bar can be oriented adjacent the second side of the door so that the frame member engages the vertical member and the flange member engages the doorknob to prevent the opening of the door. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090121497 | Door security system - A security bar system for physically preventing unwanted opening of a door. The system preferably comprises an elongated, rigid, generally cylindrical rod that is adapted to extend in front of the door between a pair of mounting brackets. The door bar is adapted to axially penetrate, and be restrained by and between, the bracket members. The door bar is an elongated, rigid, generally cylindrical rod adapted to extend across and block the door. The bar is adapted to be received at opposite sides of the door within suitable brackets through which the bar may be axially extended, and from which the bar may be axially withdrawn when desired. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090250950 | BAR LOCK FOR A DOOR - A bar lock assembly for locking a door in a closed or secured position is described. The bar lock assembly includes a tubular bar having curved portions that transition into a hinge receiving portion. A handle is rotatably engaged to the tubular bar. Hinge assemblies receive the hinge receiving portions of the tubular bar. The hinge assemblies connect or attach the bar lock assembly to a frame of the door. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20100026016 | TOGGLE LATCH - A toggle latch for a gate has a first unit mounting a pivotal latch arm and adapted to be mounted on the gate and a second unit providing a receiving and latching cavity and adapted to be mounted on a gate post, the body portion of the second unit having a forward nose to provide a ramp to deflect upwardly and over the nose the latch arm when impacting thereon and an interior retaining surface defined in the body and having upper and rear surfaces of the cavity to deflect down into the cavity the latch arm after it has ridden up over the nose. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100102575 | GRAVITY RELEASE LOCKING APPARATUS FOR TRASH CONTAINER - A trash container locking apparatus includes a housing which is secured to a surface of a trash container. The housing includes a pivot member rotatably mounted in an outer wall of the housing for rotation about a pivot axis and having an inner portion inside the housing and an outer portion outside the housing. A latch member is secured to the pivot member inside the housing. A swing arm secured to the pivot member outside the housing and associated with a locking bar which extends over a lid of the trash container. A latch paddle is pivotally mounted in the housing to hang vertically in a latch engaging position when the housing is mounted on the trash container. The latch member and latch paddle have interengaging formations which engage in a locking position to prevent the latch member and associated swing arm from rotating. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100244467 | DEVICE FOR LOCKING AT LEAST ONE DOOR ELEMENT IN AN OPENING TO A SPACE - A device for locking at least a door element in an opening to a space. The device includes a locking mechanism including a locking bar located on the inside of the door element. A protective housing includes a first part attached to the inside of the door element and a second part attached to an inside of an adjacent element. A protective plate is attached on the inside of the door element in a position such that the protective plate covers a gap between the door element and the adjacent element in connection with the extension of the locking bar over the gap when the locking bar is in a locked position. The parts of the protective housing are designed such that a gap between the parts of the protective housing does not coincide with the gap between the door element and the adjacent element. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20110049912 | Window or door frame having brace device - A frame includes a seat attached to a lower beam, and an anchor attached to an upper beam and having a pivotal catch tongue, a tubular member has a lower portion detachably engaged with the seat and having an upper latch shaft for engaging with the catch tongue and for detachably locking the latch shaft and the tubular member to the anchor, a follower is slidably attached to the tubular member for disengaging the catch tongue from the latch shaft, a lock device is secured to the tubular member and includes an actuating shank having a rocker arm for moving the follower to disengage the catch tongue from the latch shaft, and for preventing the tubular member from being disengaged from the anchor by unauthorized persons. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110215599 | MODULAR EVOLUTIVE SYSTEMS FOR USE IN PANIC BARS AND SIMILAR LOCKS - The invention relates to a sliding panic bar comprising a casing ( | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110304164 | PASSAGEWAY CLOSURE SECURITY APPARATUS - Methods and apparatuses provide for a security apparatus having a first anchor assembly with a first pin, wherein the first anchor assembly is to be mounted to a wall adjacent to a first side of a passageway closure such as a door or window. A second anchor assembly may include a second pin, wherein the second anchor assembly is to be mounted to the wall adjacent to a second side of the passageway closure. In addition, the security apparatus can include a longitudinal member having an open end and a closed end, wherein if the open end is coupled to the first pin and the closed end is coupled to the second pin, the apparatus inhibits opening of the passageway closure. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20120043769 | DOOR SECURITY DEVICE - A security device for bracing a door to prevent unauthorized entry comprising: a base plate, where said base plate is mounted flush in the floor near the door; a security bar, where said security bar is housed in an opening within the base plate and is capable of being moved to a lifted position; a receiving lip, where the security bar rests flush against the lip when in a closed position; and a pin, where said pin connects to one end of the security bar and provides a mechanism to pivot the security bar from the closed position to the lifted position, where the security bar is placed against the door to prevent entry through the door when in the lifted position. A plurality of screws for securing the base plate to the floor may be provided where the screws insert flush along the top surface of the plate. The security device may include an arched opening on one side of the security bar, where this opening provides enables a user to grab the security bar to place the bar in the lifted position to secure the door. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120139270 | ENCLOSURE LOCK - Aspects of an enclosure lock are disclosed, including a mount that is coupleable to an enclosure and a bracket that may be selectively interlocked with the mount. The bracket may be secured along the mount to provide adjustability given various application-specific considerations and inhibit unauthorized access into the enclosure. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120326457 | ACCESS-LIMITING BAR FOR DOORWAYS - A locking bar for use behind a closed door to prevent passage through the doorway. The locking bar includes a slot-and-pivot-pin combination to hold the bar securely in a vertical position when the locking function is not desired. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20140054906 | REMOTE-CONTROLLED SECURITY BAR - A remote-controlled security apparatus for a door or window (opening) including a The security bar has a first end hingeably connected to a first portion, such as a frame or jamb, of the opening and a second end sized to extend substantially across at least a portion of a width or height of the opening. The motor-driven apparatus includes a first end affixed to a second portion of the frame of the opening and a second end coupled to the security bar. The remote control directs the actuator to move the security bar between locked and unlocked positions. When locked, the security bar extends substantially across at least a portion of the width or the height of the opening. The security apparatus can securely lock a pair of sliding doors and control access remotely. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140300114 | SECURITY LATCH FOR DOOR HINGED TO OPEN OUTWARDLY - A security latch apparatus for the interior of a school or industrial door hinged to open outwardly. The latch includes a lower mounting door bracket with a pivotable handle designed to fit firmly against the interior doorframe and prevent that door from being prematurely pulled open. A disengagement rod is provided for authorized personnel to manually undo a secured door from its exterior. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20160010372 | DOOR SECURITY DEVICE | 01-14-2016 |
| 20190145139 | DOOR GUARD AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME | 05-16-2019 |
| 20220136295 | Door Locking Assembly - A door locking assembly for locking a door from the inside includes a brace that has a pair of slots each integrated therein such that a respective one of the slots can be positioned on a neck of a doorknob. The brace is longitudinally elongated to extend between a door on which the doorknob is positioned and an adjacent door jamb. A pair of fingers is each coupled to and extends away from the brace. Each of the fingers extends along a line oriented perpendicular to the brace. In this way each of the fingers extends between the door and the door jamb thereby inhibiting the brace from spinning downwardly on the doorknob. | 05-05-2022 |
| 20090021025 | Temporary closure device for an opening element on a fixed chassis part of a motor vehicle, comprising an improved return means - The invention relates to a temporary closure device for an opening element ( | 01-22-2009 |
| 20100171323 | Latch for a vehicle door - A latch for latching closed a door of a vehicle, especially designed to minimize the force required to latch closed the door by pushing the door to its closed position. A tongue, having a strike face and a catch face, is resiliently mounted in the latch so as to be urged to a latch-engaged position by a torsion spring pushing against a surface of the tongue and against a cover plate of the latch. A slider block is coupled to a door handle and to the tongue so that the tongue can be swiveled to a disengaged state by use of the door handle, in order to open the vehicle door. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20180023325 | VEHICLE DOOR LOCK APPARATUS | 01-25-2018 |
| 20180023328 | TAMPER RESISTANT HINGE ASSEMBLIES | 01-25-2018 |
