Inventors:
Lawrence R. Kessie - Strongsville OH
Assignee:
Cleveland Hardware and Forging Company - Cleveland OH
International Classification:
E05C 106
Abstract:
Latching apparatus with anti-separation feature for use with closure covers, such as vehicle doors, including interlocking back plate of bolt and striker, the back plate being mounted on the door and having a flange at the outer end which engages behind the striker mounted on door frame, when in closed and latched position, and an aperture adjacent the outer end of the bolt to accommodate an outwardly extending tang on the edge of the striker which is lockingly engaged by the bolt, with a spacer between the striker and door frame to enable such engagement of striker by back plate flange, thereby assuring three-directional containment of the striker so as to prevent undesired separation of bolt from striker because of relative movements therebetween.