Catch for door latch

Closure fasteners – Bolts – Multiple

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292 91, 292DIG38, E05C 1902

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051884038

ABSTRACT:
A catch for a door latch or the like for use with a strike for latching a door. The catch is formed of a single piece, typically a molding or a stamping, with a base for mounting at a door or door frame, a lever fixed to the base, and a tang carried on the lever. The tang has a normal position and a latching position with the lever functioning as a spring to urge the tang to the normal position, and with the tang being deflectable to the latching position for passing over a ramp of a strike.

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Catalog sheet 23 showing a variety of catches with multiple parts including the magnetic catch and the lower catch discussed under Backgound of the Invention, 1 sht. "Catches" no date.
Hartwell Nylatch Catch No. 9, two pages Aug. 1974.
Hartwell Nylatch Catch No. 137, Jun. 19, 1975 1 sheet "Nylatch.RTM.".
Hartwell Nylatch Catch HNC-8, Aug. 1, 1983 2 shts "Nylatch Catch".
Hartwell Nylatch Bullet Catch No. 132 Jun. 19, 1975 1 sht.

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