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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 24, 1996
Fumio Kobayashi, Ayase, JP;
Ohi Seisakusho Co., Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Abstract
A striker for use with a door lock proper has a unique structure. The door lock proper includes a body having a recess, a cover plate fixed to the body to cover the recess and having a striker receiving slot, a shaft extending between the body and the cover plate and a latch plate pivotally disposed about the shaft, the latch plate having a rounded recess which is directed toward an entrance of the striker receiving slot when the latch plate assumes a striker releasing position. The striker includes a base plate and a shank member which extends vertically from the base plate. The shank member is latchedly engageable with the latch plate upon insertion thereof into the striker receiving slot. The shank member has, at a portion thereof engageable with the latch plate, an oval cross section whose major axis extends in the direction along which the shank member travels into the striker receiving slot.