Patent ID: 8087704

Claim:
A latch for a pivotal door having first and second opposite edges, the latch comprising: respective pairs of first and second bolts on the first and second edges of the door, the bolts being independently movable between latching positions projecting from the respective door edges and freeing positions at least partially recessed in the respective door edges; respective pairs of first and second rods extending substantially parallel to each other along respective parallel axes and substantially parallel to a plane of the door between the first and second door edges from which the respective bolts can project, each rod having an outer end connected to a respective one of the bolts and an inner end; respective elements spaced axially from each other, one of the elements being connected to the inner end of one of the first rods and to the inner end of one of the second rods, the other of the elements being connected to the inner end of the other of the first rods and the inner end of the other of the second rods, the elements being independently operable to shift the respective bolts between the respective latching and freeing positions; and respective adjacent handles spaced axially immediately adjacent each other so they can be operated by one hand of a user, coupled to the elements, both of the handles being shiftable independently of each other by one hand in generally the same direction between an unactuated position with the respective element setting the respective bolts in the latching positions and an actuated position setting with the respective element setting the respective bolts in the freeing positions.