Door lock assembly

Claim 1

A door lock assembly including, a door having a panel provided with outside and inside faces and a vertical side edge, a handle member including a front base plate affixed to said panel outside face adjacent said side edge, a bolt guide member affixed to said panel inside face behind said handle member, said door side edge and guide member having spaced apart horizontally aligned openings, an elongated linear bolt having a nose disposed through said side edge opening and a base portion extending through said guide member opening, said panel provided with a cut-out juxtaposed said bolt base portion, a bolt actuator transversely disposed through said cut-out having a bolt section inside said panel secured to said bolt base portion and a lock section disposed outside said panel, a planar stabilizing plate affixed to said actuator inside bolt section and projecting normal thereto away from said bolt base portion and in sliding overlying engagement with said panel inside face with the vertical and horizontal extent of said stabilizing plate no less than the corresponding dimensions of said underlying panel cut-out, said handle member provided with a lock plate projecting outwardly from said front base plate adjacent said panel cut-out, an offset handle plate extending from said lock plate in a direction at least partially overlying said panel cut-out, said panel cut-out extending horizontally from a point adjacent said lock plate to a point restricting displacement of said bolt nose to an area adjacent said panel side edge opening, said lock section and lock plate including horizontally aligned openings adapted to receive the shackle of a locking device whereby, said bolt is selectively displaceable to extend said nose substantially beyond said door side edge by manually displacing said actuator lock section toward said handle member lock plate and behind said handle member offset plate at which point said lock section and lock plate openings are juxtaposed.