Patent ID: 8376414

Claim:
A sliding door assembly comprising: a door frame defining an opening; a door slidably shiftable in a track on the door frame to open and close the opening defined by the door frame, the door including a vertically oriented stile having a mortise in an edge thereof; and a latch assembly received in the mortise, the latch assembly comprising: a housing; a carrier assembly received in the housing, the carrier assembly including a carrier member, a pair of spaced apart latch hooks pivotally coupled to the carrier member, each of the latch hooks pivotable about a separate pivot axis, and an actuator linkage operably coupled to the latch hooks, each of the latch hooks being selectively pivotable with the actuator linkage between a first position in which the latch hooks are substantially within the housing and a second position in which a portion of each of the latch hooks protrudes substantially the same distance from the housing to engage the door frame; and a carrier position adjustment assembly operably coupling the housing and the carrier member, the carrier member selectively shiftable in the housing with the carrier position adjustment assembly to simultaneously alter the distance that both of the latch hooks protrude from the housing when the latch hooks are positioned in the second position.