Gate latch
First Claim
1. A gate latch device for use with a gate to secure the gate in a closed position attached to a fence or other barrier to close or block a portal formed therein, said gate latch device comprising:
- a latch assembly including a lower portion mounted to the fence or other barrier adjacent the portal including an upper actuator pull member and a lower latch pin coupled to the upper actuator member and a keeper safety catch having a stop formed on said lower portion of said latch assembly anda keeper assembly including a magnet disposed adjacent a latch pin recess formed in said keeper assembly mounted to the gate such that when the gate is closed said magnet attracts said lower latch pin from a normally biased upper or unlatched position to a lower or latched position drawing said lower latch pin downward into said latch pin recess against the force of said bias to prevent the gate from opening and when the upper actuator pull member is pulled upwardly said lower latch pin is withdrawn from said latch pin recess allowing the gate to be opened andsaid stop of said keeper safety catch is disposed to engage said keeper assembly to maintain said lower latch pin disposed within said latch pin recess to prevent said latch pin from being dislodged from said latch pin recess when said upper actuator pull member in said lower position and said keeper assembly from becoming unlatched from said latch assembly.
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Abstract
A gate latch device to secure a gate in a closed or latched position to a fence or other barrier to close or block a portal formed therein comprising a latch assembly including a lower latch pin and a keeper safety catch mounted to the fence or other barrier adjacent the portal and a keeper assembly including a magnet disposed adjacent a latch pin recess mounted to the gate such that when the gate is closed the magnet attracts the lower latch pin from a normally biased upper or unlatched position to a lower or latched position drawing the lower latch pin downward into the latch pin recess against the force of the bias to prevent the gate from opening and wherein the keeper safety catch selectively engages the keeper assembly to limit the outward movement of the keeper assembly relative to the latch assembly to retain the lower latch pin from becoming dislodged from the latch pin recess to maintain the gate in the latched position.
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17 Claims
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1. A gate latch device for use with a gate to secure the gate in a closed position attached to a fence or other barrier to close or block a portal formed therein, said gate latch device comprising:
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a latch assembly including a lower portion mounted to the fence or other barrier adjacent the portal including an upper actuator pull member and a lower latch pin coupled to the upper actuator member and a keeper safety catch having a stop formed on said lower portion of said latch assembly and a keeper assembly including a magnet disposed adjacent a latch pin recess formed in said keeper assembly mounted to the gate such that when the gate is closed said magnet attracts said lower latch pin from a normally biased upper or unlatched position to a lower or latched position drawing said lower latch pin downward into said latch pin recess against the force of said bias to prevent the gate from opening and when the upper actuator pull member is pulled upwardly said lower latch pin is withdrawn from said latch pin recess allowing the gate to be opened and said stop of said keeper safety catch is disposed to engage said keeper assembly to maintain said lower latch pin disposed within said latch pin recess to prevent said latch pin from being dislodged from said latch pin recess when said upper actuator pull member in said lower position and said keeper assembly from becoming unlatched from said latch assembly. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A gate latch device for use with a gate to secure the gate in a closed position attached to a fence or other barrier to close or block a portal formed therein, said gate latch device comprising:
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a latch assembly including a lower latch pin mounted to the fence or other barrier adjacent the portal and a keeper assembly including a magnet disposed adjacent a latch pin recess mounted to the gate such that when the gate is closed said magnet attracts said lower latch pin from a normally biased upper or unlocked position to a lower or locked position drawing said lower latch pin downward into said latch pin recess against the force of said bias to prevent the gate from opening, said latch assembly comprises an upper latch pin actuator assembly coupled to a lower latch pin assembly, said upper latch pin actuator assembly comprises an upper actuator pull knob or member coupled or attached to an elongated latch pin actuator bar or member having a lower latch pin support having a latch pin aperture formed therethrough formed on the lower portion thereof to couple said upper latch pin actuator assembly and the lower latch pin assembly together, and an upper actuator bar limit or stop projecting outwardly from an upper portion of said elongated latch pin actuator bar or member to selectively engage an upper stop member extending inwardly into the interior of said latch housing to limit said upward movement of said upper latch pin assembly and said lower latch pin assembly of the latch assembly when said upper actuator pull knob or member is moved upwardly to release said lower latch pin from said lower or locked position. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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