US 11,946,299 B2
Side latch exit device
Andrew S. Geraci, Durham, CT (US)
Assigned to Sargent Manufacturing Company, New Haven, CT (US)
Filed by Sargent Manufacturing Company, New Haven, CT (US)
Filed on Aug. 27, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/459,736.
Application 17/459,736 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/718,349, filed on Dec. 18, 2019, granted, now 11,377,887.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/783,487, filed on Dec. 21, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0388648 A1, Dec. 16, 2021
Int. Cl. E05C 9/04 (2006.01); E05B 63/20 (2006.01); E05C 9/22 (2006.01); E05C 19/12 (2006.01)
CPC E05C 9/04 (2013.01) [E05B 63/20 (2013.01); E05C 9/041 (2013.01); E05C 9/22 (2013.01); E05C 19/12 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/132 (2013.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A rod holder for a latching device, comprising:
a rod holder chassis configured to receive a rod;
a pawl slidably disposed in the rod holder chassis, wherein the pawl is configured to move between an engaged position and a disengaged position, wherein the pawl is configured to engage a ratchet tooth of the rod;
a handle coupled to the pawl and configured to move the pawl between the engaged position and the disengaged position; and
a lockout slidably disposed in the rod holder chassis, wherein the lockout is configured to move between a locking position and an unlocking position, wherein the lockout is configured to lock the pawl in the engaged position or the disengaged position when the lockout is in the locking position, and wherein the lockout is configured to move into a path of the pawl when the lockout moves toward the locking position.