Appeal No. 96-4045
Application 08/441,984
remaining in the application.
The claimed invention is directed to a stamped door lock
bracket for an automobile or the like. The bracket is
comprised of a flange portion which is attached to the door
frame with screws, a generally perpendicularly extending base
portion, and an aperture portion with an aperture therein to
interact with the door latch bolt.
Claim 22, reproduced below, is further illustrative of
the claimed subject matter.
22. A one piece stamped door lock bracket comprising:
a unitary planar bank form defining a base portion having
one end and an opposite end; a flange portion complementary
with said one end of said base portion; and an apertured
portion having one end integral with said opposite end of said
base portion and an opposite end extending in a direction away
from said base portion;
means for deforming said one end of said apertured
portion with respect to said base portion such that said
opposite end of said apertured portion is substantially
perpendicular to said base portion and flange portion, said
deforming means further deforming said base portion with
respect to said flange portion such that said apertured
portion is substantially perpendicular to said flange portion;
and
means for securing said opposite end of said apertured
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