Patent ID: 7178839

Claim:
A latch assembly connected to a lock face of a sliding door, comprising: a trim plate having two slots and a first hole respectively defined therethrough and a box connected to the trim plate, a safety member movably received in the box and a spring connected between the safety member and a rear plate of the box, the safety member including a contact pin extending through the first hole and an engaging pin connected to a link assembly in the box, two hooks pivotably connected to a side plate of the box and located corresponding to the two slots; two activation plates movably received in the box and each activation plate having an end thereof pivotably connected to respective one of the hooks, one of the activation plates having a recess defined in an edge thereof and the engaging pin of the safety member removably engaged with the recess, a driving device located between the two activation plates so as to drive the two activation plates simultaneously, and two rotation gears rotatably connected to the side plate of the box and each of which includes teeth which are engaged with notches defined in the other activation plate, the other end of the link assembly connected to one of the two rotation gears.