CA1072149A - Vehicle door locking button operator - Google Patents
Vehicle door locking button operatorInfo
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- CA1072149A CA1072149A CA294,110A CA294110A CA1072149A CA 1072149 A CA1072149 A CA 1072149A CA 294110 A CA294110 A CA 294110A CA 1072149 A CA1072149 A CA 1072149A
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- bar
- lock button
- engaging portion
- locking button
- door
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Abstract
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
An implement or tool adapted to be used by the driver of B motor vehicle to actuate, lift of depress, the locking button of a door on the opposite or right side of the vehicle. This lock-ing button operator comprises a flat bar integrally made of tough plastic, including a keyhole aperture at one end and a cavity at the other end; the keyhole aperture allows engagement of the head of a locking button through the larger end thereof and engagement of the shank portion of the locking button in the narrower portion of the keyhole aperture. The one end portion of the flat bar fully surrounds the keyhole aperture and includes a slender band portion outmost of the keyhole aperture.
An implement or tool adapted to be used by the driver of B motor vehicle to actuate, lift of depress, the locking button of a door on the opposite or right side of the vehicle. This lock-ing button operator comprises a flat bar integrally made of tough plastic, including a keyhole aperture at one end and a cavity at the other end; the keyhole aperture allows engagement of the head of a locking button through the larger end thereof and engagement of the shank portion of the locking button in the narrower portion of the keyhole aperture. The one end portion of the flat bar fully surrounds the keyhole aperture and includes a slender band portion outmost of the keyhole aperture.
Description
1()'~2149 This invention relates to an implement or tool to operate a locking button and, more particularly, to an implement or tool of the type adapted to reach and operate a door-locking button as now currently associated to door locks in road vehicles and, in particular, -` automobiles and trucks.
The locking and unlocking of a door of a motor vehicle is dif-ficult to achieve by the driver of the vehicle, since he has no direct access to the locking button from his driving position. It is pos-sible for the driver to stretch over the front seat to handle the locking button; but, in many cases, this is difficult and, in cases, impossible. The difficulty may be due to a young child or something .~. - , -., standing in the way on the front seat, to the undue stretching of the back~ to tight clothes or the seat belt forbidding such maneuver and/or to the physical condition of the driver.
There have been proposed before now implements to perform remote operation of the locking button on the right side of a road ` vehicle or automobile. These previously proposed locking button - operators are of composite and machined construction, resulting in a relatively expensive production thereof and they each have a slot inwardly extending from one edge and shaped for engagement of the locking button endwise of the slot. Such construction either produces a relatively weak projection, or finger, on one side of the slot or requires a profile of increased thickness to produce the required strength for operation of the locking button. Besides, with such slot, there is a tendency for the tool or implement to slide off the locking button before the latter is lifted.
It is a general object of the present invention to provide a ~ -vehicle door locking button operator which avoids the above-mentioned disadvantages.
It is, in other words, general objects of the present . .
:10~ 9 invention to provide a vehicle door locking button operator which is of simple flat bar and inexpensive construction; which does not un-intentionally slide off the locking button; which fits locking buttons with different sizes of heads including hexagonal heads; which allows to ~ lift the locking button by actuation of the operator in selectively anyone of a plurality of ways most suitable or preferred for any particular motor vehicle; and which is of tough material to avoid breakage thereof, such as by sitting thereon while noticeably resting on the seat of the vehicle.
The above and other objects and advantages of the present invention will be better understood with reference to the following detailed description of a preferred embodiment thereof, which is illus-trated, by way of example, in the accompanying drawings, wherein:
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a locking button operator for a road vehicle door according to the present invention;
Figure 2 is a perspective view of part of the cab of a motor vehicle illustrating the use of the locking button operator of Figure l;
Figure 3 is a partial longitudinal cross-section of the locking button operator in association with a locking button for operative engagement with the latter;
Figures 4~ 5, and 6 are cross-sectional views of a portion of the locking button operator in association with a locking button and illustrating three different ways respectively to actuate the locking button operator and unlock the door by lifting the locking button; and Figure 7 is a partial perspective view of the locking button operator in association with a locking button and in position to depress the latter and lock the door of the vehicle.
'' l()q21~9 The illustrated locking button operator 1~ as best shown in Figure 1~ comprises a flat bar or blade 2 having a pair of opposite flat faces. At one end, the flat bar 2 forms an end portion, of reduced thickness~ having a keyhole shape aperture extending through the oppo-- Site flat faces of the bar. The keyhole shape aperture includes a larger circular portion 3 and a narrower portion 4 aligned one with - - , the other longitudinally of the slide bar 2. me larger circular portion 3 of the keyhole aperture is larger than the head 5 of the locking button 6. The narrower portion 4 of the keyhole aperture is larger than the shank portion 7 of the locking button 6 but narrower than the head 5.
The larger end portion 3 of the keyhole shape aperture is outermost than the narrower end portion 4 at this one end portion of the flat bar 2. This one end portion of the flat bar surrounds the - keyhole shape aperture and includes a slender band portion รด outermost - relative to the keyhole shape aperture.
The other end portion of the flat bar 2 is formed with a cylindrical cavity 9 extending in one of the opposite faces of the bar and forming ~ recess for the head 5 of the locking button 6.
- 20 The flat bar~ or blade 2~ is integrally made of a ~ough plastic to be substantially unbreakable and to be strong enough to act as a lever to lift the locking button 6 and to push down the latter.
As can be seen in Figure 2, the driver 10 in the road vehicle 11~ while remaining in his driving position, holds one end of the flat bar 2 to operate the locking button 6 with the other end of the bar.
The unlocking of the locking button 6, that is the lifting thereof, is done with engagement of the head 5 through the larger end 3 of the keyhole aperture. As shown in Figure by the arrow 12, this engagement is obtained by lowering the corresponding end of the flat lO'^~Z149 bar 2 over the locking button 6. The flat bar is thereafter pushed : toward the glass or window of the corresponding door in the direction of the arrow 13 to cause engagement of the shank portion 7 in the narrower end 4 of the keyhole shape aperture. Then, the locking button 6 may be lifted by upward movement and lever action of the flat bar 2, as shown by the arrow 13 in Figure 4.
The locking button 6 may also be lifted by lifting the flat bar
The locking and unlocking of a door of a motor vehicle is dif-ficult to achieve by the driver of the vehicle, since he has no direct access to the locking button from his driving position. It is pos-sible for the driver to stretch over the front seat to handle the locking button; but, in many cases, this is difficult and, in cases, impossible. The difficulty may be due to a young child or something .~. - , -., standing in the way on the front seat, to the undue stretching of the back~ to tight clothes or the seat belt forbidding such maneuver and/or to the physical condition of the driver.
There have been proposed before now implements to perform remote operation of the locking button on the right side of a road ` vehicle or automobile. These previously proposed locking button - operators are of composite and machined construction, resulting in a relatively expensive production thereof and they each have a slot inwardly extending from one edge and shaped for engagement of the locking button endwise of the slot. Such construction either produces a relatively weak projection, or finger, on one side of the slot or requires a profile of increased thickness to produce the required strength for operation of the locking button. Besides, with such slot, there is a tendency for the tool or implement to slide off the locking button before the latter is lifted.
It is a general object of the present invention to provide a ~ -vehicle door locking button operator which avoids the above-mentioned disadvantages.
It is, in other words, general objects of the present . .
:10~ 9 invention to provide a vehicle door locking button operator which is of simple flat bar and inexpensive construction; which does not un-intentionally slide off the locking button; which fits locking buttons with different sizes of heads including hexagonal heads; which allows to ~ lift the locking button by actuation of the operator in selectively anyone of a plurality of ways most suitable or preferred for any particular motor vehicle; and which is of tough material to avoid breakage thereof, such as by sitting thereon while noticeably resting on the seat of the vehicle.
The above and other objects and advantages of the present invention will be better understood with reference to the following detailed description of a preferred embodiment thereof, which is illus-trated, by way of example, in the accompanying drawings, wherein:
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a locking button operator for a road vehicle door according to the present invention;
Figure 2 is a perspective view of part of the cab of a motor vehicle illustrating the use of the locking button operator of Figure l;
Figure 3 is a partial longitudinal cross-section of the locking button operator in association with a locking button for operative engagement with the latter;
Figures 4~ 5, and 6 are cross-sectional views of a portion of the locking button operator in association with a locking button and illustrating three different ways respectively to actuate the locking button operator and unlock the door by lifting the locking button; and Figure 7 is a partial perspective view of the locking button operator in association with a locking button and in position to depress the latter and lock the door of the vehicle.
'' l()q21~9 The illustrated locking button operator 1~ as best shown in Figure 1~ comprises a flat bar or blade 2 having a pair of opposite flat faces. At one end, the flat bar 2 forms an end portion, of reduced thickness~ having a keyhole shape aperture extending through the oppo-- Site flat faces of the bar. The keyhole shape aperture includes a larger circular portion 3 and a narrower portion 4 aligned one with - - , the other longitudinally of the slide bar 2. me larger circular portion 3 of the keyhole aperture is larger than the head 5 of the locking button 6. The narrower portion 4 of the keyhole aperture is larger than the shank portion 7 of the locking button 6 but narrower than the head 5.
The larger end portion 3 of the keyhole shape aperture is outermost than the narrower end portion 4 at this one end portion of the flat bar 2. This one end portion of the flat bar surrounds the - keyhole shape aperture and includes a slender band portion รด outermost - relative to the keyhole shape aperture.
The other end portion of the flat bar 2 is formed with a cylindrical cavity 9 extending in one of the opposite faces of the bar and forming ~ recess for the head 5 of the locking button 6.
- 20 The flat bar~ or blade 2~ is integrally made of a ~ough plastic to be substantially unbreakable and to be strong enough to act as a lever to lift the locking button 6 and to push down the latter.
As can be seen in Figure 2, the driver 10 in the road vehicle 11~ while remaining in his driving position, holds one end of the flat bar 2 to operate the locking button 6 with the other end of the bar.
The unlocking of the locking button 6, that is the lifting thereof, is done with engagement of the head 5 through the larger end 3 of the keyhole aperture. As shown in Figure by the arrow 12, this engagement is obtained by lowering the corresponding end of the flat lO'^~Z149 bar 2 over the locking button 6. The flat bar is thereafter pushed : toward the glass or window of the corresponding door in the direction of the arrow 13 to cause engagement of the shank portion 7 in the narrower end 4 of the keyhole shape aperture. Then, the locking button 6 may be lifted by upward movement and lever action of the flat bar 2, as shown by the arrow 13 in Figure 4.
The locking button 6 may also be lifted by lifting the flat bar
2 both ends at the time with the bar substantially horizontal, as shown by the arrows 14 in Figure 5. The lifting of the locking button 6 may also `! 10 be made by lateral twist of the flat bar 2 using one side edge as a fulcrum~ as shown by the arrow 15 in Figure 6.
~ he locking button 6 is pressed down by engagement of the head 5 in the cavity 9 and pressing down on the locking button operator 1.
~ he locking button 6 is pressed down by engagement of the head 5 in the cavity 9 and pressing down on the locking button operator 1.
Claims (2)
PROPERTY OR PRIVILEGE IS CLAIMED, ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
1- Apparatus for utilization by a person in a motor vehicle to unlock the doors of the vehicle by raising a door lock button having a stem of a first diameter and an enlarged head portion at the upper end of the stem, said lock button being disposed inwardly of, and close to, a glass pane carried by said door, said apparatus comprising a relatively straight elongated flat bar having a longitudinal axis and substantially flat upper and lower surfaces generally parallel to one another, one end of said bar being adapted to be hand-held by said person and the opposite end including a lock button-engaging portion integral therewith, said lock button-engaging portion having a lower flat face co-planar with the lower flat face of said bar and an upper flat face parallel to the upper flat face of said bar, said lock button-engaging portion having a keyhole-shaped aperture extending therethrough and fully opening at said bottom and top flat faces of said lock button-engaging portion, said keyhole-shaped aperture including a circular aperture portion and a narrower slot-shaped aperture portion extending from one side of said circular aperture portion and disposed along the longitudinal axis of said bar and extending from said circular aperture portion towards said one end of said bar adapted to be hand-held, said slot-shaped aperture portion defining a pair of facing surfaces which are substantially perpendicular to the upper and lower surfaces of said bar, substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of said bar and spaced apart a distance which is smaller than the diameter of said circular aperture portion, said lock button-engaging portion of said bar fully surrounding said keyhole aperture and including a slender band portion defining the outer end of said lock button-engaging portion, said band portion being sufficiently thin to allow not only insertion of said door lock button through the circular aperture portion, but movement of the bar axially towards said glass pane, to such an extent as to cause said stem to engage said slot-shaped aperture portion, so that said enlarged head portion can be engaged by said lock button-engaging portion of said bar to vertically move the lock button upwardly to unlock said door.
2- An apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said lock button-engaging portion has a smaller thickness than that of said bar, said top flat face of said lock button-engaging portion being recessed downwardly from the top face of said bar.
Applications Claiming Priority (1)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| US75543076A | 1976-12-29 | 1976-12-29 |
Publications (1)
| Publication Number | Publication Date |
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| CA1072149A true CA1072149A (en) | 1980-02-19 |
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Family Applications (1)
| Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
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| CA294,110A Expired CA1072149A (en) | 1976-12-29 | 1977-12-29 | Vehicle door locking button operator |
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| CA (1) | CA1072149A (en) |
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- 1977-12-29 CA CA294,110A patent/CA1072149A/en not_active Expired
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