Door latch device

A door latch device for securing a door in place over an enclosure defined opening, the door latch device comprising:

• a. a latch mechanism comprising:
• an elongated resilient retainer having an elongated aperture proximate one end with the longitudinal axis of the elongated aperture being coextensive with the longitudinal axis of the elongated retainer, the end of the elongated resilient retainer having the elongated aperture being disclosed at a predetermined angle to the other end of the elongated resilient retainer;
• means for attaching the other end of the elongated retainer to the door;
• a screw-type fastener having a threaded shank extending through the elongated aperture in the retainer;
• manipulating means disposed at one end of the threaded shank;
• and,
• means for attaching the screw-type fastener in the elongated aperture while allowing the screw-type fastener to rotate about its longitudinal axis and move along the longitudinal axis of the aperture comprising:
• shoulder means disposed on the shank of the screw-type fastener for abutting one side of the elongated resilient retainer;
• and,
• a resilient body keeper means having an aperture therethrough of a smaller diameter than the diameter of the shank of the screw-type fastener, the shank of the screw-type fastener protruding from the other side of the elongated resilient retainer, the shoulder means being coaxially receivable through the aperture in the resilient body keeper means displacing some of the material of the resilient body defining the aperture therethrough thereby causing the resilient body to tightly grip the shank of the screw-type fastener to captively hold the elongated resilient retainer between the resilient body keeper means and the shoulder means;
• b. a latch plate securable to the enclosure defining opening comprising:
• means defining a depression in the plate;
• and,
• means defining a threadable aperture through the plate in the depression, the threads of the aperture conform to the threads of the screw-type fastener so as to threadably receive the shank of the fastener.