Panic exit device

Claim 1

A SAFETY PANIC EXIT DEVICE FOR A DOOR COMPRISING AN UPPER LATCH MECHANISM ADAPTED TO BE MOUNTED ON A DOOR NEAR THE TOP THEREOF AND INCLUDING AN UPPER LATCH BOLT, A LOWER LATCH MECHANISM ADAPTED TO BE MOUNTED ON A DOOR NEAR THE BOTTOM THEREOF AND INCLUDING A LOWER LATCH BOLT, A CASE ADAPTED TO BE MOUNTED ON THE DOOR INTERMEDIATE OF SAID LATCH MECHANISMS, A PANIC BAR, A PANIC BAR LEVER PIVOTALLY MOUNTING SAID PANIC BAR ON SAID CASE, AN UPPER ROD OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO PROJECT SAID UPPER LATCH BOLT UPON UPWARD MOVEMENT OF SAID UPPER ROD AND RETRACT SAID UPPER LATCH BOLT UPON DOWNWARD MOVEMENT OF SAID UPPER ROD, A LOWER ROD OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO PROJECT SAID LOWER LATCH BOLT UPON DOWNWARD MOVEMENT OF SAID LOWER ROD AND RETRACT SAID LOWER LATCH BOLT UPON UPWARD MOVEMENT OF SAID LOWER ROD, AN UPPER ROD ACTUATOR FIXED TO SAID UPPER ROD AND RECEIVED FOR VERTICAL RECIPROCATION WITHIN SAID CASE, A LOWER ROD ACTUATOR FIXED TO SAID LOWER ROD AND RECEIVED FOR VERTICAL RECIPROCATION WITHIN SAID CASE, A COMPRESSION SPRING RECEIVED BETWEEN MUTUALLY FACING ABUTMENT SURFACES ON SAID UPPER AND LOWER ROD ACTUATORS SO AS TO URGE SAID UPPER ROD ACTUATOR UPWARDLY AND SAID LOWER ROD ACTUATOR DOWNWARDLY, SAID PANIC BAR LEVER EXTENDING INTO SAID CASE TO A POSITION ENGAGING SAID LOWER ROD ACTUATOR WHEREBY, WHEN SAID PANIC BAR IS ACTUATED, SAID LOWER ROD ACTUATOR IS MOVED UPWARDLY AGAINST THE URGING OF SAID COMPRESSION SPRING, EACH OF SAID ROD ACTUATORS BEING FORMED WITH A CAVITY, SAID CAVITIES BEING LATERALLY OFFSET WITH RESPECT TO EACH OTHER AND OPENING TOWARD ONE ANOTHER, AND AN ACTUATOR LEVER INCLUDING TWO OPPOSITELY PROJECTING, GENERALLY HORIZONTALLY ARMS, EACH OF SAID ARMS HAVING A PORTION WHICH IS RECEIVED WITHIN ONE OF SAID CAVITIES, SAID ACTUATOR LEVER BEING MOUNTED TO OSCILLATE WITH RELATION TO SAID CASE ABOUT AN AXIS MIDWAY BETWEEN THE DISTAL ENDS OF SAID ARMS, THE CAVITY-RECEIVED PORTION OF ONE OF SAID PROJECTING ARMS BEING SUBSTANTIALLY SMALLER THAN THE CAVITY WITHIN WHICH IT IS RECEIVED WHEREBY SAID LOWER LATCH BOLT, ROD, AND ROD ACTUATOR MAY BE HELD UPWARDLY WITHOUT CAUSING SAID UPPER LATCH BOLT, ROD, OR ROD ACTUATOR TO BE HELD DOWNWARDLY.