Patent ID: 7591492
Filing Date: 2009-09-22
Classification: E05B,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A latch assembly for a sliding door having a stile along an edge thereof, the latch assembly comprising: a latch base comprising a channel bottom portion and first and second channel wall portions defining a channel configured to receive the stile of the sliding door, the first channel wall portion having a catch portion adapted to engage the stile and hold the stile within the channel with the stile seated against the channel bottom portion, a pivot bearing portion and a spring member protruding from the first channel wall portion; a handle pivotally coupled to the latch base at the pivot bearing portion, the handle having a lift portion generally parallel to the first channel wall portion of the latch base, a tab portion and a bearing surface, the bearing surface disposed for operative engagement with the spring member of the latch base, the latch base and handle configured so that, when the lift portion is pulled outwardly away from the latch base, (i) the bearing surface bears against the spring member, thereby pulling the first channel wall portion outwardly and disengaging the catch portion from the stile and (ii) the tab portion rotates through an aperture in the channel bottom portion to push the stile out of the channel.