Patent ID: 7472934

Claim:
A latching strike assembly for a door lock comprising: a body adapted to be fitted to a door jamb, said body defining a recess for receipt of a latch bolt; a latching strike mounted to said body and defining a boundary of said recess, said latching strike being pivotable between a closed position for retaining said latch bolt within said recess and an open position for releasing said latch bolt from said recess; a bi-stable detent displaceable between a stable locking position at which said detent engages said latching strike to lock said latching strike in said closed position and a stable unlocking position at which said detent is disengaged from said latching strike, thereby enabling said latching strike to be deflected into said open position by said latch bolt; and a solenoid adapted to displace said detent from said locking position to said unlocking position when activated by an unlocking control signal of a first polarity and from said unlocking position to said locking position when activated by a locking control signal of a second polarity.