Restraining bar with alarm

• US 4,176,347 A
• Filed: 05/09/1977
• Issued: 11/27/1979
• Est. Priority Date: 05/09/1977
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Lorraine E. Mcintyre
• Original Assignee: Lorraine E. Mcintyre
• Inventors: McIntyre, Lorraine E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Swann, III, Glen R.
• Application Number:
  US05/794,826
• Time in Patent Office: 932 Days
• Field of Search: 340/274 R, 340/545, 200/61.93, 200/61.62
• US Class Current: 340/545.2
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 45/125 by transverse movement
• CPC Class Codes: E05C 19/003 Locking bars, cross bars, security bars for sliding wings E05B65/0888; for a plurality of drawers E05B65/467

Abstract

A restraining bar is pivotally mounted to slide on a support affixed to the inner surface of a door. In its locked position, it is under a restraining means affixed to the door'"'"'s latch-frame casement. A switch is situated between the restraining bar and the support so that movement of the door when the restraining bar is in its locked position will cause the restraining bar to pivot toward the support and thereby close the switch to actuate an alarm.

Claims

1. An alarm device mounted between a door and its latch frame-casement and activated by a slight movement of the door from its closed position when the device is in its locked configuration, said alarm device comprising:

an inwardly opening door having an inside surface and an outside surface, said door being mounted in a doorframe having a hinge-frame casement and a latch frame casement;

support means affixed against the inside surface of the door;

bar means pivotally and slidingly held by said support means near the end of said support means which is farthest from the latch-frame casement, said bar means being held against the inside surface of the door and having one end affixed in a detachable manner to said latch-frame casement;

switch means held between said support means and said bar means, said switch means being activated by a slight movement of said bar means toward said support means; and

alarm means activated by said switch means whereby an attempt to open said door, when said bar means is affixed to said latch-frame casement, causes said alarm to sound.

2. The device of claim 1 wherein said bar means is held to said support means by track means located near the end of said support means which is farthest from the latch frame.

3. The device of claim 2 wherein said track means has a pair of slots with pin means passing therethrough.

4. The device of claim 1 wherein said support means is a channel member.

5. The device of claim 4 wherein said bar means is a channel member larger than said support means and positioned to cover the majority of said support means.

6. The device of claim 4 wherein said support means has a pair of slots formed near the end of said support member which is farthest from the latch frame and said bar means is held to said support member by pin means affixed to said bar means.

7. The device of claim 6 wherein said bar means is detachably held to said latch frame casement by a holder into which the end of said bar means may pass, which holder is affixed to said latch frame casement.

8. The device of claim 4 wherein said switch means is a microswitch mounted within said support means and having a finger touching the bar means.

9. The device of claim 8 wherein said alarm means is affixed to the inside surface of said door.