Patent ID: 7118143

Claim:
A temporary door latch adapted for use with a door having a face bore and an edge bore, said edge bore extending from said face bore to a lateral edge of said door and being disposed in substantial alignment with a strike bore of a door jam, comprising: a longitudinal bolt portion being dimensioned to extend through said edge bore and into said strike bore when said bolt portion is in a latching position; an actuation member disposed adjacent one distal end of said bolt portion and being selectively operable to move said bolt portion between said latching position and a non-latching position; a substantially oval shaped collar having an arcuate cross section adapted to extend in all radial directions beyond said diameter of said bolt portion such that said collar has a dimension larger than a diameter of said edge bore, said collar being disposed adjacent to said actuation member; and wherein said actuation member is adapted to be spaced from an inner periphery of said face bore and further adapted to extend into said face bore when said collar is substantially abutting said inner periphery.