Door latch device

Details Door latch device Door latch device

1976-05-05

1977-12-06

Wolfe, Robert L.

Closure fasteners

Bolts

Screw

85 1K, 292 87, 220327, E05C 504

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040613739

ABSTRACT:
A door latch device for securing a door in place closing an opening into an enclosure including an elongated resilient retainer strap having an elongated aperture formed in one end and attachable at its other end to the door, a threaded screw-type fastener with a shoulder formed on its shank having its threaded shank extending through the elongated aperture with the shoulder in abutment with one side of the retainer strap, and a latch plate having a concave depression with a centrally disposed threaded aperture therethrough to receive the threaded shank of the screw-type fastener. The screw-type fastener is held in place in the elongated aperture by a resilient toroidally shaped keeper which fits over the shank of the screw-type fastener on the other side of the retainer strap from the shoulder. The latch plate is attachable to the enclosure adjacent the opening to be closed by the door.

REFERENCES:
patent: 1092651 (1914-04-01), Jordan
patent: 1131886 (1915-03-01), Wisterman
patent: 1491394 (1924-04-01), Griffith et al.
patent: 1589144 (1926-06-01), Godley
patent: 1636135 (1927-07-01), Hughes
patent: 2426842 (1947-09-01), Peavey
patent: 2460613 (1949-02-01), Whelan et al.
patent: 2991904 (1961-07-01), Carideo

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