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US 5,868,446 AGranted
Gate latch
AssigneeNew Line Products Inc.
InventorWilliam Rossmo
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Abstract
An adjustable gate latch has a striker bar and a latch component including a base with a track. The latch assembly slides along the track when engaged by a striker that is out of line with the latch member. This automatically compensates for relative movement between the gate and the associated gate posts.
Claims4
A latch for connecting a swinging panel to an adjacent stationary component, said latch comprising:
- a striker bar mountable on the panel;
- a base member mountable on the stationary component and including a track in the base member,
- a latch assembly including:
- a track follower engaged in the track for free movement therealong,
- a receiver mounted on the track follower for movement along the track with the track follower, the receiver having a flared throat for receiving the striker, and
- a latching member mounted moveably on the receiver for capturing the striker in the receiver throat;
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- resilient means engaged with the base member and the latch assembly for biasing the latch assembly to a neutral position along the track, such that a misaligned striker, on engaging the receiver throat will cam the receiver throat to a position in which the striker will seat in the receiver throat and be captured by the latching member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.