Patent ID: 9303435
Filing Date: 2016-04-05
CPC Classification: E05B,E05C,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A gate latch device for use with a gate to secure the gate in a closed position attached to a fence or other barrier to close or block a portal formed therein, said gate latch device comprising: a latch assembly including a lower portion mounted to the fence or other barrier adjacent the portal including an upper actuator pull member and a lower latch pin coupled to the upper actuator member and a keeper safety catch having a stop formed on said lower portion of said latch assembly and a keeper assembly including a magnet disposed adjacent a latch pin recess formed in said keeper assembly mounted to the gate such that when the gate is closed said magnet attracts said lower latch pin from a normally biased upper or unlatched position to a lower or latched position drawing said lower latch pin downward into said latch pin recess against the force of said bias to prevent the gate from opening and when the upper actuator pull member is pulled upwardly said lower latch pin is withdrawn from said latch pin recess allowing the gate to be opened and said stop of said keeper safety catch is disposed to engage said keeper assembly to maintain said lower latch pin disposed within said latch pin recess to prevent said latch pin from being dislodged from said latch pin recess when said upper actuator pull member in said lower position and said keeper assembly from becoming unlatched from said latch assembly.