Sliding door latch hub

• US 3,174,783 A
• Filed: 11/09/1962
• Issued: 03/23/1965
• Est. Priority Date: 11/09/1962
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Fred J. Russell
• Original Assignee: Fred J. Russell
• Inventors: Russell, Fred J.
• Application Number:
  US04/236,540
• Time in Patent Office: 865 Days
• US Class Current: 292/103
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 65/0811 the bolts pivoting about an axis perpendicular to the wings
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 292/46 Sliding door fasteners
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 292/0953 Friction catch

Claims

4. A SLIDING DOOR LATCH COMPRISING A SUPPORT, A HUB MEMBER ROTATABLY MOUNTED IN THE SUPPORT, AT LEAST ONE OUTSIDE END ELEMENT ATTACHED TO SAID HUB MEMBER IN NONROTATABLE ENGAGEMENT, A LATCH HOOK MEMBER HAVING AN EXTENDED POSITION PROTRUDING OUTWARDLY RELATIVE TO SAID SUPPORT AND A WITHDRAWN POSITION WITHIN THE OUTLINE OF SAID SUPPORT, SAID LATCH HOOK MEMBER HAVING A NONCIRCULAR OPENING THEREIN SURROUNDING SAID HUB MEMBER AND A RECESS COMMUNICATING BETWEEN SAID NONCIRCULAR OPENING AND THE EXTERIOR OF SAID LATCH HOOK MEMBER, SAID HUB MEMBER BEING OF LOW FRICTION SYNTHETIC PLASTIC RESIN MATERIAL AND HAVING A BOSS EXTENDING THROUGH THE RECESS TO A LOCATION BEYOND THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF SAID HUB MEMBER, SAID BOSS HAVING AN ARCUATE PATH OF MOVEMENT DURING