Patent ID: 8397548

Claim:
A reversible mortise lock for a storm door having: a body having: two sidewalls connected to each other by multiple connecting wings, and each sidewall having: an outer side; and at least one holding hole formed through the sidewall and aligning with the at least one holding hole of the other sidewall; an actuator rotatably mounted in the body between the sidewalls and having a connecting end extending upwardly between the sidewalls of the body; and a lock body plate securely connected to the outer sides of the sidewalls and having a latch hole formed through the lock body plate; a latchbolt pressably connected to the actuator between the sidewalls and the lock body plate of the body and having: a connecting rod movably and rotatably connected to the connecting end of the actuator and having: an inner end extending between the sidewalls of the body and movably and rotatably mounted through the connecting end of the actuator; an outer end extending outwardly to the latch hole of the lock body plate; an external surface; and two engaging recesses formed in the external surface of the connecting rod between the ends of the connecting rod; a bolt head mounted on the outer end of the connecting rod and extending to the latch hole of the lock body plate; and a first spring mounted around the connecting rod between the bolt head and one of the connecting wings of the body; and an operational set movably connected to the body and the latchbolt and having: an engaging panel movably mounted between the sidewalls of the body, mounted around and selectively engaging the connecting rod of the latchbolt between the corresponding connecting wing and the connecting end of the bolt flower and having: a top end; a bottom end; two opposite sides respectively facing the sidewalls of the body; at least two pushing levers respectively formed on and protruding from the opposite sides of the engaging panel and respectively mounted in and extending out of the holding holes of the sidewalls of the body; a through hole formed through the engaging panel between the ends of the engaging panel and mounted around the connecting rod of the latchbolt; and an engaging protrusion formed on and protruding from the engaging panel, extending in the through hole and selectively engaging one of the engaging recesses of the connecting rod to hold the connecting rod; and a second spring mounted between the top end of the engaging panel and one of the connecting wings to provide an elastic force to the engaging panel to enable the engaging protrusion to engage one of the engaging recesses of the connecting rod.