Gate latch
First Claim
1. A gate latch comprising a tubular support, a latch member having a shaft portion mounted within said tubular support for rotation therein and a latch portion extending axially outwardly from said shaft portion having at least three peripheral adjacent projections being equispaced from each other and extending axially outwardly from said shaft portion, a complemental gate locking bar extending from a gate having locking means at its free end to engage the latch portion within the space defined by said at least three adjacent projections to lock the gate relative to said tubular support, said projections being so equispaced such as to permit entry between adjacent projections of the complemental gate locking bar.
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Abstract
A gate latch is described comprising a tubular support, a latch member having a shaft portion mounted within said tubular support for rotation therein and a latch portion extending axially outwardly from said shaft portion having at least two peripherally, substantially equispaced, projections extending axially outwardly from said shaft portion, said spacing being such as to permit entry between adjacent projections of a complemental gate locking bar extending from a complemental gate, said locking bar having locking means at its free end to engage one or other of said adjacent projections to lock the gate relative to said tubular support.
A combination of the above gate latch and the complemental gate locking bar and gate described above is also disclosed.
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- 1. A gate latch comprising a tubular support, a latch member having a shaft portion mounted within said tubular support for rotation therein and a latch portion extending axially outwardly from said shaft portion having at least three peripheral adjacent projections being equispaced from each other and extending axially outwardly from said shaft portion, a complemental gate locking bar extending from a gate having locking means at its free end to engage the latch portion within the space defined by said at least three adjacent projections to lock the gate relative to said tubular support, said projections being so equispaced such as to permit entry between adjacent projections of the complemental gate locking bar.
- 7. A gate latch comprising a tubular support, a latch member having a shaft portion mounted within said tubular support for rotation therein and a latch portion extending axially outwardly from said shaft portion having at least three peripheral adjacent projections being equispaced from each other and extending axially outwardly from said shaft portion, said projections being so equispaced such as to permit entry between adjacent projections of a complemental gate locking bar extending from a complemental gate, said locking bar having locking means at its free end to engage one or other of said adjacent projections to lock the gate relative to said tubular support, wherein the latch member is resiliently mounted within the tubular support and has means associated therewith to cooperate with complemental means on the tubular support so as to form a bayonet joint therebetween to lock the latch member when said latch member has rotated to its extremity as a result of striking by the gate lock bar.
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