Locks – Portable
Reexamination Certificate
2007-10-17
2009-12-29
Barrett, Suzanne D (Department: 3673)
Locks
Portable
C070S416000, C070S232000, C292S25900A, C292S288000, C292S289000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07637130
ABSTRACT:
A security bar for quickly barricading a doorknob-operated, outward-opening door from inside a room, especially useful for fire safety doors used in schools and similar institutions. The bar spans the doorway from the knob to at least one side of the doorframe, with the ends of the bar overlying, and preferably directly engaging, the sides of the doorframe in a non-rotating fashion. The bar has a doorknob-engaging platform that engages the inner doorknob. A clamping member carried by the doorknob-engaging platform normally rests in a storage position out of the way of the doorknob while the bar is being applied to the door, but is quickly activated to clamp the doorknob to the platform. A lock is optionally engaged to lock the clamping member in place and prevent attempts to lift the bar out of engagement with the doorknob. Attempts to force the door open from the outside simply force the bar more tightly against the doorframe.
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Barrett Suzanne D
McGarry Bair PC
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