Patent ID: 6854774
Filing Date: 2005-02-15
Classification: B63B,E05B,E05C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A locking device including: a handle member, a rotatable member connected to the handle member, and a bolt member connected to the rotatable member, the bolt member rotating together with the handle member as a unit between a locking position and an unlocking position of the locking device, wherein the bolt member includes a latch bolt spring-loaded towards an extended locking position and operative to yield towards a less extended position when encountering a stationary part of a coaming when positioned in its locking position, and wherein the rotatable member is a spindle pivotably carrying the handle member at one end and having a threaded opposite end, a latch bolt housing being threaded onto said opposite end and being arrestable in a plurality of rotational positions relative to the spindle, the latch bolt being slidably received in said latch bolt housing.