US 11,668,115 B2
Adjustable button mechanism
Brian R. Fournier, Canton, CT (US); Christine Voelker, East Hampton, CT (US); Michael Bedford, East Hampton, CT (US); Todd Zimmer, Cromwell, CT (US); David Nguyen, Farmington, CT (US); and Justin Harris, Milford, CT (US)
Assigned to Sargent Manufacturing Company, New Haven, CT (US)
Filed by Sargent Manufacturing Company, New Haven, CT (US)
Filed on Aug. 14, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/993,745.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/887,475, filed on Aug. 15, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0047859 A1, Feb. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. E05B 1/00 (2006.01); E05B 13/10 (2006.01)
CPC E05B 1/003 (2013.01) [E05B 1/0007 (2013.01); E05B 1/0038 (2013.01); E05B 13/105 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An adjustable button assembly comprising:
a shank having a first end and a second end, wherein the shank is configured to connect to one or more components of a door lock on the second end; and
a button including a button coupler;
wherein one of the first end of the shank and the button coupler includes at least one engagement projection and the other of the first end of the shank and the button coupler includes at least two receptacles;
wherein the at least one engagement projection is configured to releasably engage a receptacle of the at least two receptacles;
wherein when the at least one engagement projection is engaged with one of the at least two receptacles the button is configured to transmit force to the shank along a longitudinal axis of the shank; and
wherein the button is configured to rotate about an axis transverse to the longitudinal axis of the shank to move an engagement projection of the at least one engagement projection into or out of engagement with a receptacle of the at least two receptacles.