Patent ID: 8636308
Filing Date: 2014-01-28
Classification: E05B,E05C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A gate latch pull cable assembly, comprising: a metal cable with a gate latch attachment device on one end thereof, said gate latch attachment device being in the form of a clevis clip; a grasping device on the other end of said metal cable; a tapered return-spring having a first end with a larger diameter than a second end thereof, wherein said tapered return-spring comprises a plurality of coils of spring wire that are configured to collapse into a thickness of a single spring wire layer thereof in response to pulling on said grasping device; and a spring cup that situates said first end of said tapered return-spring over the center of a hole in a gate post, wherein said spring cup is configured to enclose said collapsed plurality of coils of spring wire in response to said grasping device being pulled.