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Latch apparatus

US9410348B1 · kind B1 · utility

9Cited by

63References

15Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Carlson Pet Products, Inc. · US

Inventors

Mark A. Flannery · Longboat Key, US
Brian G. Linehan · Saint Paul, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 2, 2015
Grant date	Aug 9, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 2, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T292/68
WIPO fieldCivil engineering
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A wire crate latch apparatus having, in a first embodiment, a pivoting member that is continually drawn to a closed position by gravity and that is deflected into a catch when the door having the pivoting member is swung closed. The latch apparatus further includes upper and lower stops to contain a distal end of the pivoting member and to hold the distal end in the position to hit an oblique portion of the catch when the door is closed. In a second embodiment, a sliding latch apparatus is deflected by a catch and is relatively inaccessible from inside of the wire crate by back plates on the latch and catch.

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