Adjustable gate latch

In a gate latch including a latch bar and a latch body, each mountable upon a separate, cooperable gate structure, and a latch striker arm pivotally mounted in said latch body, the improvement comprising

• means for adjustably mounting said latch body upon its respective gate structure including
• housing means mountable upon a gate structure and having
• means for frictionally holding said latch body against movement relative thereto while allowing such relative movement upon the application of impact force against said latch body in a direction substantially perpendicular to the direction of normal locking cooperation of said latch bar and said latch body;
• and
• means for adjustably mounting said latch bar on the other cooperable gate structure including
• plate means having
• means thereon for releasably fixing the latch bar in a selected position relative to the plate means.

In a gate latch including a latch bar and a latch body, each mountable upon a separate, cooperable gate structure, and a latch striker arm pivotally mounted in said latch body, the improvement comprising:

• means for adjustably mounting said latch body upon its respective gate structure including
• housing means, mountable upon a gate structure and having
• means for supporting said latch body and for preventing any substantial movement of said latch body relative to said housing means except along a predetermined axis relative to said housing means;
• positioning means mounted on one of said housing means and said supporting means for adjustably positioning said latch body relative to said housing means including
• a pair of adjustable bolt means operatively connected to said housing means so as to bear against opposed surfaces of said latch body;
• a gate latch bar which has at least two mounting apertures at spaced locations thereon and having means for adjustably mounting said gate latch bar, comprising:
• plate means;
• means for mounting said plate means upon a gate structure;
• a plurality of paired apertures at predetermined spaced locations in said plate means, each of said pair of apertures being spaced apart a distance equal to the spacing of the apertures in said latch bar;
• and
• means extending through coaxially aligned apertures in said latch bar and plate means for releasably fixing said latch bar to said plate means.

In a gate latch including a latch bar and a latch body, each mountable upon a separate, cooperable gate structure, and a latch striker arm pivotally mounted in said latch body, the improvement comprising:

• means for adjustably mounting said latch body upon its respective gate structure including
• housing means mountable upon a gate structure and having
• means for frictionally holding said latch body against movement relative thereto while allowing such relative movement upon the application of impact force against said latch body in a direction substantially perpendicular to the direction of normal locking cooperation of said latch bar and said latch body;
• a gate latch bar which has at least two mounting apertures at spaced locations thereon and having means for adjustably mounting said gate latch bar comprising:
• plate means;
• means for mounting said plate means upon a gate structure;
• a plurality of paired apertures at predetermined spaced locations in said plate means, each of said pair of apertures being spaced apart a distance equal to the spacing of the apertures in said latch bar;
• and
• means extending through coaxially aligned apertures in said latch and plate means for releasably fixing said latch bar to said plate means.