Alarm for sliding doors and windows comprising suction pad

• US 5,734,324 A
• Filed: 11/06/1995
• Issued: 03/31/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 05/07/1993
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: William Keith James
• Original Assignee: William Keith James
• Inventors: James, William Keith
• Primary Examiner(s): SWANN III, GLEN R
• Application Number:
  US08/549,695
• Time in Patent Office: 876 Days
• Field of Search: 340/546, 340/693
• US Class Current: 340/546
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 45/06 Electric alarm locks E05B45/005 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E05C 19/18 Portable devices specially adapted for securing wings E05C17/54, E05C19/003, E05B65/0894, E05B67/00 take precedence; preventing operation of handles E05B13/00

Abstract

An alarm and locking device for sliding doors and windows is provided. The device incorporates a suction pad for attachment to a fixed door or window frame adjacent to an edge of the sliding section of the door or window, such that movement of the sliding door or window into contact with the device actuates alarm means associated with the device. The method of attachment of the alarm and locking device employs a flexible suction pad enclosing the lower end of the device, which is applied to the glass panel of the door and then distended at its center by the action of an over-center lever, causing a partial vacuum between the pad and the glass panel.

Claims

1. An alarm and locking device for sliding doors and windows comprising in combination, a housing;

a flexible suction pad, a lower end of said housing being seated upon and enclosed by the flexible suction pad;

means disposed on said housing operatively connected to the suction pad and adapted to distend the suction pad to create a partial vacuum between the pad and an underlying surface of the door or window whereby the suction pad can be securely but removably attached to the underlying surface;

alarm actuating switch means disposed on or adjacent to a peripheral wall of said housing; and

electrically-powered signal-creating means and an associated electrical circuit and power source disposed within said housing and operatively connected to the said switch means whereby power from the power source is supplied by way of the switch means to the signal-creating means.

2. An alarm and locking device according to claim 1, wherein the means adapted to distend the suction pad comprise lever-operated means disposed on said housing operatively connected to the suction pad.

3. An alarm and locking device according to claim 2, wherein the lever-operated means comprises an over-centre lever operatively connected to the suction pad by means of a piston member having a rod portion pivotally linked at its upper end to said lever and a disc member at is opposite end and affixed to or moulded within the suction pad.

4. An alarm and locking device according to claim 1, wherein the housing comprises a domed annular top wall and a depending peripheral side wall or skirt the lower end of which is seated upon and enclosed by the flexible suction pad.

5. An alarm and locking device according to claim 1, wherein the electrically-powered signal-creating means comprises an audio transducer capable of producing a high volume alarm signal when supplied with an electrical input from the associated circuit and power source.

6. An alarm and locking device according to claim 1, wherein the electrically-powered signal-creating means comprises a transmitter for sending a signal to a remote alarm device.

7. An alarm and locking device according to claim 1, further comprising light-emitting means operatively connected to the power source to indicate that the alarm has been activated or that the alarm has been actuated.

8. An alarm and locking device according to claim 7, wherein the light-emitting means include a flash light directed towards a glass surface of the door or window and visible from the opposite side of said door or window.

9. An alarm and locking device according to claim 1, further comprising sensor switch means adapted to actuate the alarm in the event of physical movement of said device.

10. An alarm and locking device according to claim 1, further comprising a smoke detection device associated with or incorporated into said alarm and locking device.