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Light signal for door knob and lock assembly

  • US 4,683,741 A
  • Filed: 07/14/1986
  • Issued: 08/04/1987
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/14/1986
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a door knob and lock assembly for a bathroom door having one of a pair of knobs on the exterior and one on the interior of said bathroom door and a latching bolt operable by the rotation of the knobs, said one of the knobs on the interior of said bathroom door being provided with a turn button operable to selectively arrest the movement of the bolt to place the assembly in locked condition, the improvement comprising a battery operated electrical circuit for indicating only said locked condition of said assembly, said circuit including switch means operable by the turn button to activate a light emitting diode, said light emitting diode being mounted in conjunction with said one door knob on the exterior of said bathroom door so as to be visible from the exterior of the door.

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