Patent ID: 6779310
Filing Date: 2004-08-24
Classification: B62H,E04H,E05B,E05C,G07F,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A locker with a door and latch, comprising:a locker enclosure, a door frame outlining an access opening, a locker door pivotally connected along a pivot axis to the frame at one edge, along a vertical axis, and configured to close adjacent to the frame, a door edge opposite the pivot axis with a movable handle near the door edge, mounted on the door for movement by a user to access the locker when permitted, a generally vertically oriented latch bar coupled to the frame, with means for urging the latch bar toward a normal position, a lock mounted in the frame, generally adjacent to the latch bar, the lock being effective to prevent vertical movement of the latch bar except when the lock is accessed to a release mode, a latch hook secured to the door near said opposite edge, with an angled, sloped-back forward edge and with a back edge opposite the sloped edge such that a high point is defined between the sloped-back forward edge and the back edge, for receiving a latch member against said back edge and preventing opening of the door, and an opening in the frame for entry of the latch hook as the door is closed, a latch member within the frame, positioned to be engaged by the latch hook when the door is closed, and cam means acting between the latch hook and the latch member for camming the latch hook's forward edge over the latch member such that one of the latch hook and the latch member moves as the latch member slides over the latch hook's forward edge to accommodate closure of the door until the latch member passes over said high point and reaches said back edge of the latch hook, with means for urging the relative positions of the latch member and latch hook such that the latch member engages against said back edge of the latch hook to latch the door closed, means on the latch bar for moving the latch member clear of the latch hook when the lock is accessed and the latch bar is moved, thus permitting opening of the door, and the handle having a connected latch bar shifter which extends into the frame when the door is closed and which engages with the latch bar and is effective to shift the position of the latch bar to release the latch member when the handle is moved, as permitted by accessing of the lock.