Two-point self-closing latch

In a two-point latch for a door, the combination of:

• first and second bolts;
• a latch body with a housing and a cap, said latch body having guide means defining a slide path within said body for said bolts;
• first and second handles mounted in said latch body for sliding along a handle path parallel to said slide path;
• first spring means carried in said handles for urging said handles apart;
• first and second bolt actuators positioned in said latch body between said handles and said bolts;
• said first handle and first actuator having first interengaging means for connecting said first actuator to said first handle;
• said second handle and second actuator having second interengaging means for connecting said second actuator to said second handle;
• said first actuator and said first bolt having third interengaging means for drawing said first bolt inward by said first handle;
• said second actuator and said second bolt having fourth interengaging means for drawing said second bolt inward by said second handle;
• second spring means carried in said latch body for urging said bolts outward;
• and
• a guide plate positioned in said latch body between said actuators and said guide means,
• said guide plate having slots for engaging ribs of said guide means to locate said guide plate in said latch body, with said cap and actuators maintaining said guide plate in place on said guide means.

In a two-point latch for a door, the combination of:

• first and second bolts;
• a latch body with a housing and a cap, said latch body having bolt guide means positioned within said latch body and defining a slide path within said body for said bolts, said body having a top, a bottom, opposed sides and opposed ends,
• first and second handles mounted in said latch body at said top surface of said housing for sliding along a handle path parallel to said slide path;
• first spring means carried in said handles for urging said handles apart;
• first and second bolt actuators positioned in said latch body between said handles and said bolts;
• said first handle and first actuator having first interengaging means for connecting said first actuator to said first handle;
• said second handle and second actuator having second interengaging means for connecting said second actuator to said second
• said first actuator and said first bolt having third interengaging means for drawing said first bolt inward by said first handle;
• said second actuator and said second bolt having fourth interengaging means for drawing said second bolt inward by said second handle;
• with said bolts sliding toward each other in said bolt guide means independently of said handles;
• second spring means carried in said latch body for urging said bolts outward;
• and
• means defining openings in said bottom of said body adjacent each end thereof, with the outer ends of said bolts terminating within said latch body and accessible through said openings for latch strikers.