US 12,454,848 B2
Child-proof lock
Binhui Li, Ningbo (CN); and Yingfeng Chen, Ningbo (CN)
Assigned to Ningbo Eudemon Child Protective Equipment Co., Ltd., Ningbo (CN)
Filed by Ningbo Eudemon Child Protective Equipment Co., Ltd., Ningbo (CN)
Filed on Mar. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/120,615.
Claims priority of application No. 202211583504.1 (CN), filed on Dec. 9, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0212885 A1, Jul. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. E05B 65/00 (2006.01); E05B 65/06 (2006.01)
CPC E05B 65/0014 (2013.01) [E05B 65/06 (2013.01)] 1 Claim
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A child-proof lock for locking two handles of cabinet doors, comprising:
a first lock member comprising a bottom rod and a first rod portion and a second rod portion disposed at both ends of the bottom rod, and the first lock member has a U-shape; and
a second lock member formed as a cavity portion by fitting the first lock member, both ends of the cavity portion being respectively formed as a first locking portion and a second locking portion; the second lock member further comprises a first seat portion and a second seat portion respectively for sliding fit on the first rod portion and the second rod portion, the first seat portion and the second seat portion being respectively provided with a first guide portion and a second guide portion movably arranged along the first rod portion and the second rod portion, and the second rod portion and the second seat portion being respectively provided with a first limiting portion and a second limiting portion;
wherein the first rod portion is provided with a third limiting portion, the first seat portion is provided with a fourth limiting portion, the third limiting portion is a rack, and the fourth limiting portion comprises a tooth block engaged with the rack for adjusting and locking;
the second limiting portion is formed of a leaf spring, one end of the second limiting portion is connected or integrally formed with the second lock member, and the other end thereof is free; and the first limiting portion comprises a limiting convex and a limiting groove, and a bump is provided at the other end of the second limiting portion;
wherein the second lock member is displaced outward relative to the first lock member to disengage the first seat portion from the first rod portion, the bump is snapped in the limiting groove for limiting fit, the second seat portion rotates about the second rod portion as an axis of rotation to form a first gap between the first seat portion and the first rod portion, and the first gap forms an opening for unlocking;
wherein a length of the second seat portion is greater than a length of the first seat portion, and when the first seat portion is displaced to disengage from the first rod portion, the first limiting portion is in limiting fit with the second limiting portion, so that the second seat portion is rotatably fitted on the second rod portion about the second rod portion as the axis of rotation; and/or
a length of the second rod portion is greater than a length of the first rod portion, and when the first seat portion is displaced to disengage from the first rod portion, the first limiting portion is in limiting fit with the second limiting portion, so that the second seat portion is rotatably fitted on the second rod portion about the second rod portion as the axis of rotation;
wherein the fourth limiting portion is provided on an outer side surface or a front face of the second lock member, and a second gap is formed between the fourth limiting portion and the second lock member; and a back face of the second rod portion is also concavely provided with a third guide portion, and when the second lock member slides relative to the first lock member, the bump slides in the third guide portion.