Patent ID: 8226130
Filing Date: 2012-07-24
Classification: E05B,E05C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A latching device for a vertically extending door within a door frame, said latching device comprising: a) a slide rod adapted to be engaged to said vertically extending door, said slide rod defining a longitudinal vertical axis, the slide rod moveable vertically along said longitudinal vertical axis relative to said vertically extending door between at least one first position and at least one second position, the slide rod having a first portion and a longitudinally opposed second portion, said first portion configured for operable engagement with a handle; b) a keeper plate engaged to said second portion of said slide rod, said keeper plate comprising a keeper; c) a positioning bracket adapted to be engaged to said vertically extending door, said positioning bracket comprising a slide channel and a roller slot, said slide rod being disposed in said slide channel, said slide rod being vertically moveable in said slide channel relative to said positioning bracket; and d) a roller bracket adapted to be engaged to said door frame, said roller bracket comprising a roller, said roller slot being constructed and arranged for receipt of said roller during rotation of said vertically extending door within said door frame, said roller slot receiving said roller in a direction substantially orthogonal to said longitudinal vertical axis, said keeper being constructed and arranged for releasable engagement to said roller in a direction along said longitudinal vertical axis, wherein when the roller slot has received the roller, the keeper plate has a first state when the slide rod is in said at least one first position and a second state when the slide rod is in said at least one second position, in the first state, the keeper plate is disengaged from said roller, and in the second state, the keeper plate is vertically positioned to engage said roller, wherein said roller is releasably secured within said roller slot.