Patent ID: 7090263

Claim:
An apparatus for latching a door against a frame, comprising; a door pin extending from the door; a handle lever rotatably mounted to the door and having a handle pin extending therefrom; and a latch bar mounted to the frame and configured for reciprocating travel relative to the frame, the latch bar completely defining a first slot configured to reciprocate substantially linearly and a cam surface adapted to receive said door pin, and a second slot adapted to receive said handle pin; wherein said latch bar and handle have a first unlatched position where said handle pin enters said second slot and said door pin enters said first slot, and a second latched position where said handle pin contacts said second slot and said cam surface bears against said door pin, and wherein rotation of said handle from the first position to the second position causes said handle pin to bear against said second slot, moving said latch bar in a latching direction from the first position to the second position, so that said first slot on said cam surface bears against said door pin and urges the door in a closing direction.