Robert G Weatherby

US Patent:

45891630, May 20, 1986

Filed:

Feb 27, 1984

Appl. No.:

6/584159

Inventors:

Robert G. Weatherby - Longboat Key FL
W. Fred Stein - Sarasota FL

International Classification:

B65D 2532

US Classification:

16124

Abstract:

A lift ring device arranged to normally remain in a flush condition, and involving a generally U-shaped lift loop pivotally mounted upon a base plate, such as a base plate mounted on the hatch lid of a boat. The lift loop is equipped with a pair of arm portions of substantially equal length, with each arm portion terminating in a pintle bent out of the plane of the lift loop. The base plate has a central recess defined over a substantial portion of its circumference by angled sidewalls, and in such recess the lift loop normally resides. A pair of symmetrically placed pintle-receiving holes are located in the sidewalls, which holes are elongate in a direction essentially perpendicular to the plane of the central recess. The interaction of the pintles of the lift loop with their respective holes is such as to prohibit the lift loop from residing in a perpendicular direction with respect to the base plate, thus assuring that the lift ring device will not represent a trip hazard.

US Patent:

47619775, Aug 9, 1988

Filed:

Jan 19, 1988

Appl. No.:

7/145135

Inventors:

Robert G. Weatherby - Long Boat Key FL

Assignee:

Sarasota Quality Products, Inc. - Sarasota FL

International Classification:

E05B 2902

US Classification:

70493

Abstract:

A dual function lock/latch device selectively operable in a latch configuration or lock configuration comprising an outer housing having a bore formed therethrough including a lock spline and sleeve actuator spline, an inner member having a keyway and cam lock/latch member formed on the outer and inner end portions thereof rotatable between a lock/latch position and an unlock/unlatch position disposed within the bore with a set of sleeve actuator tumblers and a set of locking tumblers disposed longitudinally along the periphery thereof movable from an extended and a retracted position by a key inserted into the keyway, and an intermediate sleeve disposed between the inner member and outer housing including a sleeve actuator slot and a lock slot formed therethrough such that when in the lock configuration and lock/latch position the lock tumblers extend through the lock slot into the lock spline to lock the inner member relative to the outer housing to lock the dual function lock/latch device in the lock/latch position, that when in the lock configuration the insertion of the key into the keyway retracts the set of sleeve actuator tumblers and set of lock tumblers to permit rotation of the inner member from the lock/latch position to the unlock/unlatch position and that when in the latch configuration the set of sleeve actuator tumblers extend through the sleeve actuator slot to permit rotation of the inner member and intermediate sleeve between the lock/latch position and unlock/unlatch position.