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US 2014/0225383 A1Published application
Gate latch
AssigneeNationwide Industries, Inc.
InventorsCarl Simmonds, E. Erik Timothy, Joseph Ignatius Maria van der Plas
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AssigneeNationwide Industries, Inc.
InventorsCarl Simmonds, E. Erik Timothy, Joseph Ignatius Maria van der Plas
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A gate latch device to secure a gate in a closed or latched position to a fence or other barrier to close or block a portal formed therein comprising a latch assembly including a lower latch pin and a keeper safety catch mounted to the fence or other barrier adjacent the portal and a keeper assembly including a magnet disposed adjacent a latch pin recess mounted to the gate such that when the gate is closed the magnet attracts the lower latch pin from a normally biased upper or unlatched position to a lower or latched position drawing the lower latch pin downward into the latch pin recess against the force of the bias to prevent the gate from opening and wherein the keeper safety catch selectively engages the keeper assembly to limit the outward movement of the keeper assembly relative to the latch assembly to retain the lower latch pin from becoming dislodged from the latch pin recess to maintain the gate in the latched position.
A gate latch device to secure a gate in a closed position to a fence or other barrier to close or block a portal formed therein comprising a latch assembly including a lower latch pin and a keeper safety catch mounted to the fence or other barrier adjacent the portal and a keeper assembly including a magnet disposed adjacent a latch pin recess mounted to the gate such that when the gate is closed said magnet attracts said lower latch pin from a normally biased upper or unlatched position to a lower or latched position drawing said lower latch pin downward into said latch pin recess against the force of said bias to prevent the gate from opening wherein said keeper safety catch is disposed to selectively engage said keeper assembly to maintain said lower latch pin disposed within said latch pin recess to prevent said keeper assembly from becoming unlatched from said latch assembly when said latch assembly and said keeper assembly are misaligned vertically relative to each other thereby preventing the gate from opening.
A gate latch device to secure a gate in a closed position to a fence or other barrier to close or block a portal formed therein comprising a latch assembly including a lower latch pin mounted to the fence or other barrier adjacent the portal and a keeper assembly including a magnet disposed adjacent a latch pin recess mounted to the gate such that when the gate is closed said magnet attracts said lower latch pin from a normally biased upper or unlocked position to a lower or locked position drawing said lower latch pin downward into said latch pin recess against the force of said bias to prevent the gate from opening.
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