Appeal No. 97-0655
Application 08/294,913
The disclosed invention pertains to a deadbolt
receptacle unit for receiving a deadbolt cylinder in a
deadbolt receiving slot. The receptacle unit has a detecting
unit formed therein for detecting the presence of the deadbolt
cylinder in the receiving slot. A non-audible signal is
generated to indicate that the deadbolt cylinder is present in
the receiving slot. The signals can be monitored for a
plurality of receptacle units so each of the dead-bolts can be
monitored from a single location.
Representative claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A dead-bolt receptacle unit, comprising:
a dead-bolt receiving slot into which a dead-bolt
cylinder is inserted;
a dead-bolt detecting unit formed in the dead-bolt
receptacle unit, the dead-bolt detecting unit detecting a
presence of the dead-bolt cylinder in the dead-bolt receiving
slot, and generating a non-audible dead-bolt detecting signal
based on the detected presence of the dead-bolt cylinder in
the dead-bolt receiving slot.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Jamison 4,178,587 Dec. 11, 1979
Heaton et al. (Heaton) 5,111,184 May 05, 1992
Pease, Jr. et al. (Pease) 5,311,168 May 10, 1994
Greenwaldt 5,499,014 Mar. 12, 1996
(filed July 01,
1994)
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