Patent ID: 6945572
Filing Date: 2005-09-20
Classification: E05B,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A sliding door latch assembly comprising a vertically extended housing having a vertically extended major portion, a pull handle opposing said housing major portion, a latch mounted within said housing major portion and shiftable to and from said housing for locking a sliding door to a cooperating keeper mounted in a sliding door jamb opposite said latch, a rotary actuator within said housing major portion for shifting said latch, a hand operated lever rotatably mounted to said housing beyond said housing major portion, said lever being linked from beyond said housing major portion to said rotary actuator within said housing major portion for rotatably actuating said latch by said rotatable lever from beyond said housing major portion, whereby hand actuation of the lever and latch is free of interference from said pull handle, said rotary actuator comprising a rotatable latch plate, said latch plate and said latch being mounted to a common pivot for rotation together responsive to actuation of said latch plate by said lever.