Patent ID: 6976375

Claim:
A door latch having a depth-adjustable latch element which comprises: a pan which is attachable to a flat surface adjacent a doorway, said pan defining a pan hole therein, an actuation subassembly which includes a handle on one side of said pan and a handle shaft that extends through said pan hole, and a latch subassembly which includes a bracket defining a latch bracket hole aligned with said pan hole, an elongated adjustment member which is spaced away from said handle shaft and extends through said latch bracket hole so as to be collinear with said handle shaft, said adjustment member being movable toward and away from said handle shaft and said pan, and a rotatable latch element mounted on said adjustment member so as to be movable with said adjustment member towards and away from said pan, rotation of said handle shaft by said handle causing rotation of said latch element between a latched positioning and an unlatched positioning relative to said doorway.