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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2019
Carlson Pet Products, Inc., Longboat Key, FL (US);
Mark A. Flannery, Longboat Key, FL (US);
Brian G. Linehan, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Carlson Pet Products, Inc., Longboat Key, FL (US);
Abstract
A wire crate latch apparatus having, in a first embodiment, a pivoting member that is continually drawn to a closed position by gravity and that is deflected into a catch when the door having the pivoting member is swung closed. The latch apparatus further includes upper and lower stops to contain a distal end of the pivoting member and to hold the distal end in the position to hit an oblique portion of the catch when the door is closed. In a second embodiment, a sliding latch apparatus is deflected by a catch and is relatively inaccessible from inside of the wire crate by back plates on the latch and catch.