Patent ID: 8801051
Filing Date: 2014-08-12
Classification: E05B,E05C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A latch assembly comprising: a housing; a latch carriage axially movable relative to the housing; a pair of rods, each rod movable through said latch carriage, an outwardly biased coil spring positioned around each rod such that each rod passes through the entirety of each coil spring; a pair of latch members, one latch member of said pair of latch members secured to one of said rods and the other latch member secured to the other rod such that each spring is positioned between the latch carriage and one of said latch members, such that each spring biases one of said latch members to an extended position; a striker retention slot defined by the latch members when the latch members are in the extended position, wherein the cooperation of the latch members in the extended position provides for retention of a striker member in the striker retention slot.