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US 12,312,839 B2Granted
Gate latch assembly
AssigneeASSA ABLOY Americas Residential Inc.
InventorScott Calvin Baker
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Abstract
A latch assembly includes a rose, a handle rotatably coupled to the rose and rotatable around a rotation axis, and a latch. A biasing member is disposed within the rose and engaged with the latch. The biasing member being selectively connectable to the rose. When the biasing member is connected to the rose, the latch is pivotable around the rotation axis between a latched position and an unlatched position via the handle. The latch biased towards the latched position. When the biasing member is disconnected from the rose, the handle and the latch are rotatable together around the rotation axis between at least a left-handed configuration and a right-handed configuration. The biasing member connecting to the rose to secure the handle and the latch in either the left-handed configuration or the right-handed configuration.
Claims19
A latch assembly comprising:
- a rose;
- a handle rotatably coupled to the rose and rotatable around a rotation axis;
- a latch including a first end and an opposite second end, the first end disposed within the rose and coupled to the handle, and the second end extending outwards from the rose;
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- at least one biasing member disposed within the rose and engaged with the first end of the latch, the at least one biasing member selectively connectable to the rose, wherein when the at least one biasing member is connected to the rose, the latch is pivotable relative to the rose around the rotation axis between a latched position and an unlatched position via the handle, the latch being biased towards the latched position, wherein when the at least one biasing member is disconnected from the rose, the handle and the latch are rotatable together relative to the rose around the rotation axis between at least a left-handed configuration and a right-handed configuration, the at least one biasing member connecting to the rose to secure the handle and the latch in either the left-handed configuration or the right-handed configuration, and wherein the latch pivots along an axial plane relative to the rotation axis between the latched position and the unlatched position that is the same axial plane that the latch rotates along between the left-handed configuration and the right-handed configuration.
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A latch assembly comprising:
- a spindle rotatable around a rotation axis;
- an interior assembly comprising:
- an interior rose defining two opposing openings and including a first body and a second body;
- a handedness support disposed within the interior rose;
- an interior handle mounted to the first body and rotatable around the rotation axis, the interior handle coupled to the spindle;
- a latch having a first end and an opposite second end, the first end disposed within the interior rose and coupled to the interior handle, and the second end extending outwards from the interior rose;
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- at least one interior biasing member disposed within the interior rose and engaged with the first end of the latch, wherein the at least one interior biasing member is selectively connectable to the handedness support, wherein when the at least one interior biasing member is connected to the handedness support, the latch extends through one of the two opposing openings and is pivotable relative to the interior rose around the rotation axis between a latched position and an unlatched position at least partially defined by the opening, the latch being biased towards the latched position, wherein when the at least one interior biasing member is disconnected from the handedness support and the second body is removed from the first body, the interior handle and the latch are rotatable together relative to the interior rose around the rotation axis between at least a left-handed configuration and a right-handed configuration, the at least one interior biasing member connecting to the handedness support to secure the interior handle and the latch in either the left-handed configuration or the right-handed configuration, and wherein the pivoting movement of the latch between the latched and unlatched positions occurs on a same axial plane relative to the rotation axis as that of the rotational movement of the latch between the left- and right-handed configurations;
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- an exterior assembly comprising:
- an exterior rose;
- an exterior handle mounted to the exterior rose and rotatable around the rotation axis, the exterior handle coupled to the spindle, wherein both the interior handle and the exterior handle drive movement of the latch between the latched position and the unlatched position.
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A method of handing a latch assembly comprising:
- providing a latch assembly including:
- a rose;
- a handle rotatably coupled to the rose and rotatable around a rotation axis;
- a latch including a first end and an opposite second end, the first end disposed within the rose and coupled to the handle, and the second end extending outwards from the rose;
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- at least one biasing member disposed within the rose and coupled between the latch and the rose, wherein the latch is pivotable relative to the rose around the rotation axis between a latched position and an unlatched position via the handle, the latch being biased towards the latched position;
- disconnecting the at least one biasing member from the rose such that the handle and the latch are rotatable together relative to the rose around the rotation axis between at least a left-handed configuration and a right-handed configuration, wherein the latch pivots along an axial plane relative to the rotation axis between the latched position and the unlatched position that is the same axial plane that the latch rotates along between the left-handed configuration and the right-handed configuration;
- setting the handed configuration of the handle and the latch;
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- connecting the at least one biasing member to the rose.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.