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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2020
Barrette Outdoor Living, Inc., Middleburg Heights, OH (US);
Christopher Michael Schneider, Linwood, NJ (US);
Craig Kime, Middleburg Heights, OH (US);
Antonello Nizzia, Middleburg Heights, OH (US);
Christopher John Heritage, Swedesboro, NJ (US);
BARRETTE OUTDOOR LIVING, INC., Middleburg Heights, OH (US);
Abstract
A magnetic safety gate latch assembly and method of operation. The assembly includes: a pool latch tube, a user-actuated lid coupled to the top end of the pool latch tube; a rotatable shaft within the pool latch tube, an upper end of the shaft rigidly coupled to the lid, and a lower end of the shaft including a shaped base. The assembly further includes a magnet housing that at least partially encloses the shaped base and includes an aperture to cooperatively engage with the shaped base. The assembly further includes a bottom cover coupled to the lower end of the pool latch tube and enclosing the magnet housing, the bottom cover including an aperture facing a latch pin housing, the aperture positioned to expose a magnet. The assembly further includes a ferromagnetic latch pin and housing, and a magnetic latch pin guide slidably enclosing the latch pin.