Closure fasteners – Bolts – Swinging
Patent
1995-09-21
1997-08-12
Meyers, Steven N.
Closure fasteners
Bolts
Swinging
292236, 292348, E05C 316
Patent
active
056558015
ABSTRACT:
A gate latch has a handle with a cojoined adjustably sized elongated rigid metal rod, which rod is rotatably disposed in sleeves frictionally retained within a drilled hole in a fixed post of a fence. The rod is formed with a plurality of spaced parallel threaded through holes. The handle has a transverse hole and is mounted to the rod by a bolt passing through the handle hole and one of the rod holes disposed at the end of the rod on the outside of the post. The rod is operably connected to a spring return locking plate for locking a gate rod which gate rod is fixedly mounted to an openable gate. The user first drills the post hole to receive the elongated rod slidably disposed in the sleeves, and then cuts the elongated rod to a length to accommodate the thickness of the post, and then attaches the handle at the hole adjacent the cut end of the elongated rod. The user in operating the gate latch rotates the handle downwardly which in turn rotates the elongated rod in the post hole. This rotation extends the spring and rotates the locking plate to unlock the gate rod. The user then pushes the gate open to free the gate rod, and finally releases the handle. When the gate is being closed, the gate rod slides on a cam surface on the locking plate and then snaps, by the spring action, into the locked position. The gate cannot be unlocked unless the handle is downwardly rotated.
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Feldman Marvin
Lecher Donald J.
Meyers Steven N.
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