Patent ID: 8430435

Claim:
A modular slam latch kit comprising: at least one housing having a strike channel shaped to receive a strike component, a polygonal shaped interior receptacle and a pair of tracks opening into opposite sides of said strike channel; a pair of springs, wherein each of said pair of springs is adapted to be disposed in at least one of said tracks respectively; a pair of slide latch components, wherein each of said pair of slide latch components is adapted to be disposed in at least one of said tracks respectively such that said slide latch component is biased toward said strike channel by one of said springs; a polygonal shaped fastener component shaped to be received in said polygonal shaped interior receptacle, wherein said polygonal shaped interior receptacle is configured to constrain a rotation of said polygonal shaped fastener component; and a plug adapted to be disposed in at least one of said tracks in place of one of said spring members and slide latch components such that said at least one of said tracks no longer opens into one of said opposite sides of said strike channel.