Secure latch for double-wall structure

Details Secure latch for double-wall structure Secure latch for double-wall structure

1995-06-16

1996-12-17

Lindsey, Rodney M.

Closure fasteners

Keepers

292346, 292DIG65, E05B 1502

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055845177

ABSTRACT:
An improved secure latch for a fixture having a door with a double-wall structure, including an endwall with an exit port and an inner sidewall with a slot near the endwall and parallel thereto. An entry port of a facing member and an orifice of a tongue, slidably receivable through the slot, of a latch attached to the facing member are aligned with the exit port as the door is in a closed configuration such that a bolt of a lock installed in the door is slidable therethrough as the bolt is displaced between a locked configuration and an unlocked configuration. The secure latch is adapted to retain the door in a closed configuration as the bolt is in a locked configuration even though the facing member may be forced clear of the bolt. Further, the secure latch prevents the lock from being sprung open without inflicting severe and visible damage to the door and/or the facing member. A modified embodiment provides the endwall without the exit port and the facing member without the entry port. The locked configuration includes extending the bolt through the orifice of the latch.

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