Door lock

A lock for a door having a recess formed in the end thereof intermediate its top and bottom margins comprising:

• a U-shaped member having a pair of spaced sides and an end wall interconnecting the sides;
• means engageable with the sides for mounting the member on the door with the sides and end wall enclosing said recess, said end wall having an opening therethrough;
• a lock bolt;
• means on the inner surfaces of the sides for mounting the lock bolt in the space therebetween for movement from an extended, locked position with the end of the lock bolt extending through and projecting laterally from the outer face of said end wall to a retracted, unlocked position with said one end of the lock bolt inwardly of the outer face of the end wall;
• a lever for each side, respectively, of said member, the levers being accessible from respective sides of the member, each lever having a segment extending through the respective side and into the space between said sides, each lever being pivotally mounted intermediate its ends on the corresponding side for rotation about a generally vertical axis, said lock bolt having a slot for each lever, respectively, each slot extending transversely of the path of travel of the lock bolt, there being a pin carried by each segment, respectively, the pins extending into respective slots of said lock bolt for moving the lock bolt from said extended position to said retracted position;
• means biasing said lock bolt toward said extended position;
• and means shiftably mounted on at least one of the sides within said space for releasably holding said lock bolt in said extended position.