Patent ID: 6733049
Filing Date: 2004-05-11
Classification: B64C,E05B,E05C,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A door latch comprising:a latch body adapted for installation in a recess of a door; a bolt member spring-loaded in a hollow of the latch body and having a bolt extending through a slot in the latch body, the bolt member having a plate that is slotted to form a pair of opposed arms, each said arm configured to be further pressed against a spring against which it is spring-loaded, to retract the bolt through the latch body slot into a retracted position; and a damper mounted in the latch body and having a movable shaft and a lever extending from the shaft into a slot in one of the opposed arms in the bolt member; said damper, when activated, slowing the movement of the bolt member from the retracted position.