Patent ID: 7942457
Filing Date: 2011-05-17
Classification: E05B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A door latch assembly comprising: a door moved between a latched and an unlatched state; a keeper plate mounted to a door frame of the door, the keeper plate defining a keeper opening; a latching mechanism including: wherein, when the door is positioned within the door frame, the latching platform is received through the keeper opening, and the latching heads will retract within the latching platform; when the latching heads have fully passed through the keeper opening, the spring member will bias each latching head away from the latching platform, causing the heads to hook behind the keeper plate and effectively positioning the door in the latched state; wherein, in order to position the door in the unlatched state, operation of the operating means will rotate the operating shaft, so that the middle section will engage the openings of the latching elements, to move the latching heads within the latching platform, allowing retraction of the latching platform from the keeper plate.