Harold Gene Brown

US Patent:

41238214, Nov 7, 1978

Filed:

Oct 31, 1977

Appl. No.:

5/847398

Inventors:

Harold B. Brown - Livonia MI

Assignee:

Burroughs Corporation - Detroit MI

International Classification:

A47B 9502
A47J 4507
B65D 2528
E05B 100

US Classification:

16114R

Abstract:

A self locking door opening device and assembly are provided, the door having an aperture extending therethrough. The assembly includes a grip and a retainer latch. The grip includes a pair of side walls and a base member from which the side walls extend. A top wall interconnects the side walls. The retainer latch comprises a flexible elongated clip having a pair of ends and a central portion. The grip is secured in a locked position by the clip when the clip is disposed in a longitudinal passage defined by the side walls and the top wall. In this locked position the periphery of the door about the aperture is disposed between the ends of the clip and the base member while the central portion of the clip flexes to abuttingly engage the top wall. A pair of projections extend from the top surface of the clip. The top wall of the grip is disposed between the projections and abuttingly engages the projections and the central portion to secure the grip in the locked position.