Garage door lock

Claim 1

A lock for securing a garage door or like closure in a closed position with an edge of the door in flush engagement against a movable sill or like surface, where the lock includes a locking bar having a nose at the free end thereof, means for extending the bar so that the nose moves toward one side of the door, and a fixed keeper located at such side of the door and having a barengaging surface facing the sill so that upon closing of the door on the sill, extension of the bar moves the nose toward the keeper to engage the surface and lock the door against movement away from the sill; the improvement comprising a bar guide on the door adjacent the fixed keeper, the guide including a bar guide surface facing the sill and engagable with a side of the bar facing away from the sill and means biasing the bar toward the guide surface to hold such side of the bar normally against the bar guide surface while permitting movement of the bar from such surface toward the sill, wheReby, depending upon the position of the sill relative to the fixed keeper, extension of the bar to position the free end in engagement with the bar-engaging surface may move the bar from the bar guide surface against the action of said means.