| US 7,513,540 B2 | ||
| Inactive door bolt | ||
| Bruce A. Hagemeyer, Pella, Iowa (US); Fredrick L. Hrdlicka, Pella, Iowa (US); Gary E. Tagtow, Pella, Iowa (US); Chad Swier, Sioux Falls, S. Dak. (US); and Daniel L. Raap, Hartford, S. Dak. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Pella Corporation, Pella, Iowa (US); and Amesbury Group, Inc., Sioux Falls, S. Dak. (US) | ||
| Filed on Apr. 08, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/102,917. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/642814, filed on Jan. 11, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0150516 A1, Jul. 13, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. E05C 1/06 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 292—38 [292/156; 292/157; 292/DIG. 21; 292/341.15] | 23 Claims |
| 1. A door system comprising:
a frame defining a doorway, the frame including an active door, an inactive door having a strike plate with at least one receiving
area, and a first locking point;
a first lock attached to the inactive door, the first lock including:
a first shoot bolt in sliding engagement with the inactive door, and
a selectably positionable lever including a shaft, a cap, and a spring, a distal end of the spring mounted in the shaft and
a proximal end of the spring engaging the cap to bias the cap against the strike plate, wherein the selectably positionable
lever is attached to the first shoot bolt and the first shoot bolt has a first unlocked position and a second locked position,
and wherein in the second locked position the first shoot bolt engages the first locking point; and
a second lock attached to the active door, the second lock including an unlocked position and a locked position in the receiving
area,
the selectably positionable lever blocking the second lock from moving into the receiving area to the locked position unless
the first shoot bolt is in the second locked position.
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