Patent ID: 7770948

Claim:
A latch assembly, comprising: a tubular latch casing for mounting within a door; a bolt mounted in said latch casing for extension and retraction along a longitudinal axis to thereby latch said door along said longitudinal axis; a retraction lever mounted in said latch casing and coupled to the bolt and disposed for pivoting about a first pivot axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis to retract the bolt; an operator for mounting to a face of the door and disposed for pivoting about a second pivot axis parallel to the longitudinal axis, the retraction lever pivoting about the first pivot axis in response to the operator pivoting about the second pivot axis; a spindle hub mounted in the latch casing, the spindle hub engaging the retraction lever to retract the bolt upon rotation of the spindle hub in a first direction; a reversing lever mounted in the latch casing, the spindle hub engaging the retraction lever to retract the bolt via the reversing lever upon rotation of the spindle hub in an opposite direction.