Latch housing & striker for being secured in the latch housing

An improved latch housing comprising a striker receiving slot or recess opening through the latch housing for receiving a striker, (the latch housing for mounting a ratchet pivotable from an open position for receiving the striker to a closed position and a pawl for locking the ratchet in the closed (locked position)), the slot or recess having a mouth and two ends and being tapered from a broader portion (near the mouth) to a narrower portion (remote the mouth) intermediate its ends, the end of the recess proximate the broader tapered portion comprising a pair of substantially parallel spaced walls extending towards the mouth from proximate the broader portion;

• and the end of the recess proximate the narrower portion (remote the mouth) comprising a pair of spaced walls which are substantially parallel to one another when the striker is secured in the striker-receiving recess of the latch housing, the striker having means disposed therewith to engage the slot proximate the broader tapered portion of the slot having the pair of substantially parallel spaced walls, and proximate the narrower portion at the end of the recess (remote the mouth) having the pair of spaced walls which are substantially parallel to one another when the striker is secured in the striker receiving recess of the latch housing, the striker thus being secured against torsional motion and vertical motion of the door in which the latch housing is mounted.