Closure fasteners – Portable
Patent
1991-10-23
1992-10-06
Nicholson, Eric K.
Closure fasteners
Portable
292DIG71, 292258, 340546, 200 6162, 245999, E05C 1918
Patent
active
051525640
ABSTRACT:
A "U" shaped door lock is arranged to receive adjacent handles of a refrigerator door therebetween formed of typically "L" shaped configurations and adjacency relative to one another. The door lock apparatus includes spaced parallel legs of deflectable memory retentent material to effect spring back of the legs when directed together, with a modification of the invention to include a latch member mounted at a lower end of the legs requiring deflection of the legs permitting engagement of the latch relative to both legs to receive adjacent door handles of closed "C" shaped configurations. A further modification of the invention includes an audible alarm member mounted to one of the legs actuated upon attempted removal of the lock member relative to the refrigerator handles.
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Gilden Leon
Nicholson Eric K.
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