US 11,746,562 B2
Quick install method and apparatus for door locks
Austin M. Roup, Woodland Park, CO (US); and Kenton H. Barker, Colorado Springs, CO (US)
Assigned to Schlage Lock Company LLC, Carmel, IN (US)
Filed by Schlage Lock Company LLC, Carmel, IN (US)
Filed on Feb. 16, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/176,822.
Application 17/176,822 is a continuation of application No. 15/958,717, filed on Apr. 20, 2018, granted, now 10,920,452.
Prior Publication US 2021/0180360 A1, Jun. 17, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. E05B 9/08 (2006.01); E05B 3/06 (2006.01); E05B 9/02 (2006.01); E05C 9/18 (2006.01); E05B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC E05B 9/082 (2013.01) [E05B 3/065 (2013.01); E05B 9/02 (2013.01); E05B 17/0012 (2013.01); E05C 9/1833 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A lock assembly, comprising:
an inner housing positionable on one side of a structure and having an aperture formed through a wall of the inner housing;
an outer housing positionable on an opposite side of the structure;
a retainer positioned adjacent the aperture of the inner housing; and
a fastener configured to slide through the aperture in the inner housing; and
wherein the retainer is transitionable from a first configuration which permits the fastener to slide through the aperture in the inner housing to a second configuration which engages a shank portion of the fastener to maintain the fastener in the aperture.