Corral or stall latch
OwnerColin Taylor, Dennis Thompsoninventors
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Abstract
A gravity latch for a swinging gates such as a corral gate or a gate on a box stall. The latch has a barrel and keeper mounted on the gate and a gate post. They are both rectangular metal tubes and inclined downwardly from the barrel to the gate at an angle of 45.degree.. The barrel and keeper have parallel rows of fastener openings through them to enable the fastening of the barrel and keeper to gates and posts of various types, including wooden and steel corral gates. A bolt for the latch is in the form of a source metal tube that slides along the barrel and the keeper. In the latched condition, it is completely enclosed within the barrel and keeper to prevent opening of the gate by an animal.
Claims14
A gate latch comprising two tubular housings aligned end to end in a latched condition, each housing having a hollow interior and a plurality of pairs of fastener openings through the housing, with the fasteners of each pair aligned on opposite sides of the hollow interior, the fastener openings being arranged in two spaced apart rows extending along the housings, a plurality of fastener means extending through respective ones of the pairs of holes, a bolt slidable along the housings, the bolt having an overall length not greater than the combined lengths of the housings and a height less than the distance between the spaced apart rows of fasteners openings, and stop means projecting from one side of the bolt for engagement with one of the fastener means in the latched condition to limit sliding movement of the bolt.
A gravity lock for a swinging panel with a free edge lying adjacent a fixed standard in a closed position of the panel, the lock comprising a barrel mounted on the panel, a keeper mounted on the standard and a bolt slidable in the barrel and keeper between a latched position with the bolt linking the barrel and keeper and an unlatched position with the bolt retracted from the keeper, wherein the barrel and keeper are tubular members with hollow interiors and are mounted on the panel and the standard respectively with the barrel sloping downwardly to the free edge of the panel and the keeper aligned with the barrel, the adjacent ends of the barrel and keeper being mitred and substantially parallel to the free edge of the panel, fastener openings extending through the barrel and the keeper adjacent top and bottom edges thereof, fasteners extending through at least some of the fastener openings and through the hollow interiors of the barrel and keeper for securing the barrel and keeper to the panel and standard respectively, and a stop projecting from the bolt for engagement with one of the fasteners to limit the travel of the bolt in the latched position.
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