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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 28, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Matthew Peter Szapucki, Toms River, NJ (US);
Richard Kulkaski, Forked River, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E05C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
292175 ; 292337 ; 292D / ;
Abstract
A latch mechanism is described having a housing comprised of a top plate having an aperture, side walls and an end wall depending from the top plate so as to leave a ledge adjacent its periphery, resilient tabs extending outwardly from said side walls and toward said top plate, slots in the side walls parallel to the top plate, a bolt suspended in said housing by wings extending into respective slots and a spring between the end wall of said housing and an end of the bolt.