Gate latch with latching means
OwnerCarl B. Hardeeinventor
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Abstract
A gate and door latch having alternate means of opening and closing either by a horizontal sliding action of a striker or pivoting of the striker. The striker is manipulated into an open or closed position by means of latching or unlatching the striker member from a pronged keeper. A striker slot allows the striker member to be slid horizontally from side to side in an open or closed position or to pivot about a striker pivot bolt in an open or closed position. A rear lever handle is secured to the back side of the gate or door allowing for opening or closing the latch from the rear by rotating the rear lever handle. Rotation of the rear lever handle actuates a lever located on the front side of the gate and door latch causing the lifting and pivoting of the striker into an open position.
Claims7
A gate and door latch having alternative latching means, comprising in combination:
- A striker member having a latching end and a striker handle, said striker handle extending from said striker member in an off-set fashion from a plane occupied by said striker member such that said striker handle may be easily grasped by a human hand;
- a striker slot cut into said striker member, said striker slot being centrally located on said striker member having a uniform slot width, said striker slot further comprising a vertical slot end and a horizontal slot end, said vertical slot end joining said horizontal slot end at an approximate right angle;
- a striker mount having a plurality of square bolt apertures for insertion of striker mount bolts to secure said striker mount to said door, said striker mount having a stirrup extending in a perpendicular fashion from said striker mount opposite said door, said stirrup having an opening through which said latching end of said striker member pivots and slides between an open and closed position, said opening of said stirrup confining a pivoting action of said latch end of said striker member;
- a striker pivot bolt having a threaded end, a pivot neck and a pivot bolt head, said striker pivot bolt being inserted through said striker slot for securing said threaded end of said striker pivot bolt into a pivot bolt aperture of said striker mount so that said striker member may pivot on said pivot neck, said pivot bolt head having a diameter greater than said width of said striker slot and said pivot neck having a diameter slightly less than said width of said striker slot;
- a means for locking said striker member to said stirrup of said striker mount;
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- a keeper mount having a pronged keeper and plurality of square bolt apertures through which keeper bolts secure said keeper mount to a surface adjacent and opposite said striker mount, said keeper mount being aligned with said striker mount so that said pronged keeper receives said latching end of said striker member maintaining said door in a closed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.