Patent ID: 9394732
Filing Date: 2016-07-19
CPC Classification: E05B,E05C

Claim Text:
1. A hands-free door latch mechanism, comprising: mutually opposed, laterally disposed first and second actuator plates, the actuator plates having vertically oriented major planes and inboard edges, the planes being mutually coplanar; a first arm and a second arm extending from the inboard edge of the respective first actuator plate and second actuator plate, each arm having a distal end, the arms being parallel to one another; a transverse connecting rod extending between the distal ends of the arms; a latch having a strike end and an inner end opposite the strike end, the latch being attached to the connecting rod between the arms; a lock plate, the lock plate having a substantially horizontal major plane and an inner edge, the lock plate selectively communicating with the latch; a transversely disposed lock rod extending from the inner edge of the lock plate, the lock rod having a distal end opposite the lock plate; and a tang depending generally medially from the lock rod, the tang selectively engaging the inner end of the latch and preventing latch movement when the lock plate is shifted downward.