Patent ID: 7823425

Claim:
A latch assembly, comprising: a housing configured to mount on a door or drawer; a first and a second dog slidably mounted in the housing for movement only in a linear direction between a locked position and an unlocked position, wherein the first dog is separately moveable from the second dog; a first pair of actuators in the form of levers pivotally mounted in the housing having one actuator operatively connected to the first dog and the other actuator operatively connected to the second dog for moving the dogs between the locked position and the unlocked position; a second pair of actuators in the form of levers pivotally mounted in the housing having one actuator operatively connected to the first dog and the other actuator operatively connected to the second dog for moving the dogs between the locked position and the unlocked position; a first key slot on a first side of the housing configured such that a key is insertable into the first key slot to move the first pair of actuators; and a second key slot on a second side of the housing configured such that a key is insertable into the second key slot to move the second pair of actuators.