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Retrofit lever assembly for a door knob

CA 1238457 A · Owner: Schlage Lock Company · Inventors: Bettger, Richard R.

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The lever assembly is of two principal parts a, lever with a circular aperture to engage the shank of a door knob, and a retaining plate, for fastening thereof to the lever, having a projecting cog. The cog engages a knob catch slot in the door knob shank. Accordingly as the, lever is rotated/manipulated, it turns the door knob through the engagement of the cog with the slot and the fastening, of the plate to the lever. The assembly accommodates retrofitting thereof to doors having round door knobs.

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  • Granted June 28, 1988. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended June 28, 2005.
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FiledOctober 25, 1984
GrantedJune 28, 1988
Term endedJune 28, 2005
Patent numberCA 1238457 A
Classification (IPC)A47B95/02

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1985198819911994199720002003Application filedOct 25, 1984Patent grantedJune 28, 1988Term endedJune 28, 2005

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