Removable door lock for hotels and the like

• US 5,360,245 A
• Filed: 02/22/1994
• Issued: 11/01/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 02/22/1994
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Johnnie David, Melanise David
• Original Assignee: Johnnie David, Melanise David
• Inventors: David, Johnnie, David, Melanise
• Primary Examiner(s): Lindsey, Rodney M.
• Application Number:
  US08/199,641
• Time in Patent Office: 252 Days
• Field of Search: 292/292, 292/258, 292/297, 292/295, 292/288, 292/289, 292/296, 292/290, 292/298
• US Class Current: 292/289
• CPC Class Codes: E05C 19/182 insertable in the gap between the wing and the frame or in the gap between a lock and its striker, e.g. for cooperation with the striker
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 292/37 Portable securer plate or bar
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 292/394 Swinging holding member

Abstract

An improved security device comprising a plate member insertable between a door and a door jamb and having a first portion projectable into a latch recess in said jamb and having a recess located adjacent said door when said first portion is located in said recess, and a second member releasably engageable with said recess of said plate member and with the doorknob of said door to prevent unauthorized opening of said door.

Claims

1. A security device for locking a door having a doorknob to a door jamb having a latch recess, said security device comprising:

a first member insertable between said door and said door jamb when said door is closed and formed with a first portion projectable into said latch recess and having a second portion which projects beyond an edge of said jamb and the first member defining a first edge and a second edge extending from the first portion to the second portion and defining a width between the edges and having at least one recess formed in at least one edge thereof, and

a second member releasably engageable with said first member and with the doorknob of said door to prevent unauthorized opening of said door and formed with an elongated opening having a first dimension greater than the width of said first member to allow said elongated opening to slideably receive said first member and a second dimension less than the width of said first member and engageable with the recess of said first member to prevent disengagement of said first member from said second member.

2. The security device of claim 1 wherein:

said second member is a metal plate.

3. The security device of claim 1 wherein:

said second member is movable between a first position allowing engagement and disengagement with said first member and a second position preventing disengagement.

4. The security device of claim 1 wherein:

said first member is formed of rigid material.

5. The security device of claim 1 wherein:

said first member is a metal plate.

6. The security device of claim 1 wherein:

said second member is rigid.

7. The security device of claim 1 wherein:

said first member is a plate and said first portion is a recurved portion insertable into said recess of said jamb.

8. The security device of claim 7 wherein:

said first member is formed with two recesses one in each edge thereof defining a neck portion, and

said second member is movable between a first position releasably engageable with said recesses and a second position preventing disengagement of said neck portion from said second member.

9. The security device of claim 7 wherein:

said first member has a curved portion projectable beyond the edge of said jamb and curved toward said jamb.