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Loiding is the use of a flat object such as a credit card to shim spring-latch locks on doors. | =Loiding = | ||
'''Bold text'''Loiding is the use of a flat object such as a credit card to shim spring-latch locks on doors. It is a form of [[bypass]]. The flat object is slid between the latch and strike plate and used to retract the latch. | |||
Modern spring-latch doors use a deadlatch or dead locking plunger to prevent loiding. | |||
Revision as of 19:02, 29 December 2010
Loiding
Bold textLoiding is the use of a flat object such as a credit card to shim spring-latch locks on doors. It is a form of bypass. The flat object is slid between the latch and strike plate and used to retract the latch.
Modern spring-latch doors use a deadlatch or dead locking plunger to prevent loiding.
