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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. 12, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 03, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard B Langkamp, Jr, Hemlock, NY (US);
D Dale Turner, Honeoye Falls, NY (US);
Assignee:
Southco, Inc., , US;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E05C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
292 65 ; 292203 ;
Abstract
A latch has a housing for mounting in a door, panel or the like and a moveable pawl which engages a frame, panel or the like in a fastened position. The latch is provided with a substantially resilient member in the form of a seal, which is adapted to be compressed when the pawl is in the fastened position for inhibiting the passage of matter.