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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2005
Chris Hodgin, Louisville, TN (US);
J. Steven Gray, Maryville, TN (US);
Chris Hodgin, Louisville, TN (US);
J. Steven Gray, Maryville, TN (US);
Yale Security Inc., Monroe, NC (US);
Abstract
A latch assembly comprises a first portion () defining an opening and a second portion () slidably disposed in the opening for movement of the first portion along the second portion. The second portion includes a stop which is larger than the opening for preventing further movement of the first portion along the second portion in a first direction. A securing element releasably connects the first portion and the second portion in a first relative axially connected position. In a mortise lock (), the first portion and the second portion are thus movable together relative to the housing so that the first portion at least partially non-rotatably projects outwardly from the opening in the edge wall of the housing in an extended position and is inside the housing in a retracted position. Disconnecting the first portion from the second portion allows the first portion to move along the second portion in the first direction to a second axial position.