Claims
- 1. A locking bar device for securing folding doors, the device comprising:
a top bar formed of rigid elongated material having at least two spaced openings vertically through the top bar; a bottom bar formed of rigid elongated material having at least two mating spaced openings vertically through the bottom bar; at least two connecting means for interconnecting the two bars through the at least two spaced openings, the at least two spaced openings being positioned so that each of the at least two connecting means passes through a handle of the folding doors, the at least two connecting means securely attaching the bars together sandwiching the handles therebetween, the locking bar device being locked in place by the at least two connecting means through the handles.
- 2. The locking bar device of claim 1 wherein at least one of the bars has a length capable of spanning across all of the seams in the folding doors preventing the opening of the folding doors.
- 3. The locking bar device of claim 1 wherein each of the bars comprises a hollow aluminum square tube.
- 4. The locking bar device of claim 3 wherein the at least two connecting means comprise a pair of screws and one of the bars has a threaded opening through a top and bottom surface thereof and the other of the bars has a non-threaded opening through a top and bottom surface thereof, the pair of screws capable of passing through the non-threaded openings and threadably engaging the threaded openings.
- 5. The locking bar device of claim 4 wherein the pair of screws comprises a pair of steel screws with recessed engaging heads requiring an Allen wrench to turn the screws, thereby making them childproof.
CLAIM OF PROVISIONAL APPLICATION RIGHTS
[0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/376,529, filed on Apr. 30, 2002.
Provisional Applications (1)
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60376529 |
Apr 2002 |
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