Portable door lock and alarm

• US 5,969,607 A
• Filed: 10/26/1998
• Issued: 10/19/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 10/26/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Deceased, Kelly Cox
• Original Assignee: Deceased, Kelly Cox
• Inventors: Cox, deceased, Kelly
• Primary Examiner(s): Hofsass, Jeffery A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): TRIEU, VAN THANH
• Application Number:
  US09/178,784
• Time in Patent Office: 358 Days
• Field of Search: 340/541, 340/545.1, 340/545.2, 340/546, 340/549, 292/258, 292/259 R, 292/288, 292/DIG. 17
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: E05C 19/184 a portable member cooperating with a fixed member or an opening on the wing or the frame, for locking the wing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 292/228 Portable

Abstract

A portable door lock and alarm is adapted to connected to the hinge carried between a door and a doorjamb. The portable door lock and alarm provides an enclosure housing a lock mechanism which includes a claw defining small and large hinge passages adapted to surround small or large door hinges. A bolt, extending from the claw and through the enclosure, is threaded onto a knob. After attachment of the claw to the hinge, rotation of the knob retracts the claw into the enclosure, increasing the pressure between the door and doorjamb and the enclosure. An attempt to open the door will increase the pressure on the enclosure; however, in a typical application, the door will crack, break or deform before the enclosure of the lock is crumpled. A circuit provides a switch that is closed if an attempt is made to open the door, thereby resulting in activation of an annunciator.

Claims

1. A portable door lock and alarm, for grasping a hinge of a door and for pressing against the door and doorjamb, the portable door lock and alarm comprising:

(A) an enclosure, having a bottom surface defining a mechanism opening, and having opposed side surfaces defining door hinge notches;

(B) a mechanism, carried within the enclosure, having a lower claw and a bolt extending from the claw, the lower claw defining at least one hinge passage, wherein the claw is carried adjacent to the door hinge notches of the side surfaces; and

(C) a knob, threadedly carried by the bolt of the mechanism, whereby tightening the knob on the bolt pulls the claw of the mechanism and the door'"'"'s hinge, carried by the claw, into the enclosure and presses the bottom surface of the enclosure against the door and doorjamb, thereby preventing the door from being opened.

2. The portable door lock and alarm of claim 1, further comprising:

(A) an electronic circuit, carried within the knob, having a battery, connected to an annunciator and a switch, whereby motion resulting from movement of the door results in the switch being closed and the annunciator being activated.

3. A portable door lock and alarm, for grasping a hinge of a door and for pressing against the door and doorjamb, the portable door lock and alarm comprising:

(A) a six-sided enclosure, having a top surface, a bottom surface, elongated side surfaces and opposed end surfaces, wherein the top surface carries a top plate defining a round center hole, and wherein the bottom surface defines a mechanism opening, and wherein the side surfaces define opposed door hinge notches;

(B) a mechanism, carried within the enclosure, having a lower claw and a bolt extending upwardly from the claw, the bolt passing through the round center hole of the top plate carried by a top side of the enclosure, the lower claw defining orthogonally oriented small and large hinge passages, wherein the claw is carried adjacent to the door hinge notches of the side surfaces;

(C) a knob, threadedly carried by the bolt of the mechanism against the top plate of the enclosure, whereby tightening the knob on the bolt pulls the claw of the mechanism and the door'"'"'s hinge, carried by the claw, into the enclosure and presses the bottom surface of the enclosure against the door and doorjamb, thereby preventing the door from being opened; and

(D) an electronic circuit, carried within the knob, having a battery, connected to an annunciator and a switch, whereby motion resulting from movement of the door results in the switch being closed and the annunciator being activated.