Patent ID: 7883124

Claim:
A gate latch comprising: a bracket having flanges with a plurality of holes for receiving fasteners that enable the bracket to be mounted to a bracket mounting surface, said bracket further having a raised portion joined with said flanges and constructed and arranged to cooperate with said bracket mounting surface to define a space therebetween; a latch arm having an end portion thereof pivotally joined with said raised portion and capable of limited pivotal movement relative to said bracket about an axis substantially perpendicular to said bracket mounting surface, said latch arm constructed and arranged to be received in said space between said raised portion and said mounting surface when said bracket is secured to said mounting surface, wherein said bracket and said latch arm are pivotally joined with a protrusion and a hole that receives the protrusion so that the end portion of the latch arm is fully supported by the bracket, the protrusion integrally formed on one of the latch arm and the raised portion of the bracket and the hole integrally formed on the other of the latch arm and the raised portion of the bracket; and a catch constructed and arranged to be mounted to a catch mounting surface adjacent to said bracket and said latch arm, said catch comprising a latch arm receiving region and a movable lock, said receiving region being constructed and arranged to receive said latch arm, and said lock being constructed and arranged to releasably retain the latch arm in said receiving region.