Gate latch

A gate latch comprising:

• a bracket including a vertical backplate, a lower plate, and an upper plate, each of the plates attached to and extending in the same direction away from the backplate, each of the plates including first and second throughholes, wherein the first throughhole of the lower plate is vertically aligned with the first throughhole of the upper plate, and the second throughhole of lower plate is vertically aligned with the second throughhole of the upper plate;
• and
• a rigid bolt including first, second, and third elongate portions, the first and third elongate portions being connected together, the second and third elongate portions being connected together, and the first and second elongate portions being parallel;
• wherein the first elongate portion is movably positioned in the first throughholes of the upper and lower plates, and the second elongate portion is movably positioned in the second throughholes of the upper and lower plates;
• wherein the second portion includes a free end opposite the third portion;
• and
• a recess formed in the second elongate portion on a side of the lower plate opposite the upper plate, the position of the recess and the length of the first portion being such that when the bolt is moved in the throughholes relative to the bracket, the first portion free end does not pass through the upper plate first throughhole when the recess is engaged with the lower plate.