Patent ID: 6530250
Filing Date: 2003-03-11
Classification: E05B,E05C,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A locking folding T-handle door latch, comprising:a handle; a locking cam with a cutout portion; a latch cam; a handle shaft rotatably fixing the handle, the locking cam and the latch cam together; a lock; a pan with an aperture formed therethrough for the handle shaft and an aperture for the lock; a slide bar activation cam turnable by the lock; a slide bar having a first end sized to at least partially fit into the cutout portion of the locking cam, the slide bar being located between the locking cam and the slide bar activation cam; and wherein the slide bar is moveable into the cutout portion of the locking cam by locking the lock, which thereby prevents the handle from being turned to move the latch cam, and wherein when the lock is unlocked, the handle is turned to move the first end of the slide bar out of the cutout portion of the locking cam to thereby permit turning the latch cam.