Patent ID: 6023953
Filing Date: 2000-02-15
Classification: E05B,E05C,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A latch of the sliding-action slam type for installation in an opening in a door panel for releasably retaining the door panel relative to a frame, the latch comprising;a) a latch body having a pair of opposed apertures;b) a handle rotatably mounted on the latch body, the handle having a first camming surface and a second camming surface, the handle being rotatable between a closed position and an open position;c) a first slide bolt and a second slide bolt, the first slide bolt and the second slide bolt being mounted in the latch body for travel through the opposed apertures,the first slide bolt having a camming surface for engagement with the first camming surface of the handle, an inner side, and an outer side;the second slide bolt having a camming surface for engagement with the second camming surface of the handle, an inner side, and an outer side;the slide bolts being mounted in the latch body such that the inner side of the first slide bolt is adjacent the inner side of the second slide bolt;the handle and the two slide bolts being mounted in the latch body such that the first slide bolt is cammed inwardly by the first camming surface of the handle through one of the opposed apertures in the latch body while the second slide bolt is being cammed by the second camming surface of the handle inwardly through the other of the opposed apertures in the latch body, when the handle is rotated from the closed position to the open position;the first slide bolt including a first tab having an outer end, the first tab protruding from the inner side of the first slide bolt and having a first guide surface formed at the outer end of the first tab, the second slide bolt including a first recess formed in the inner side of the second slide bolt and having a first guide surface formed therein, the first tab of the first slide bolt and the first recess of the second slide bolt being adapted such that the first guide surface of the first slide bolt lies adjacent the first guide surface of the second slide bolt;the second slide bolt including a first tab having an outer end, the first tab protruding from the inner side of the second slide bolt and having a second guide surface formed at the outer end of the first tab, the first slide bolt including a first recess formed in the inner side of the first slide bolt and having a second guide surface formed therein, the first tab of the second slide bolt and the first recess of the first slide bolt being adapted such that the second guide surface of the second slide bolt lies adjacent the second guide surface of the first slide bolt; andd) spring means for biasing the first slide bolt and the second slide bolt outwards.