Claims
- 1. Security latch for camper shell doors and the like, comprising a rotatable shaft adapted to extend through the door in an axial direction to be latched, an outside housing fixed to said door and defining an an axially extended outwardly open recess, an axially extendable outside handle for rotating said shaft, said handle being relatively sized with respect to said handle recess and pivotally mounted at one end to said shaft and located at one end of said recess to lie flush within said housing recess against snagging in a first condition and for extending axially from said housing recess in a second condition corresponding to the shaft operating condition of said handle, a lock assembly for selectively blocking shaft rotation, said lock assembly being partially located within said recess spaced from said handle in a manner that said handle in its said first condition overlies said lock assembly, spring means encircling said shaft for biasing said handle into its said first condition, an inside pull journaled on said shaft, and latch means carried by said pull for latching and unlatching said door upon rotation of said inside pull by said shaft.
- 2. Security latch according to claim 1, in which said latch means comprises a pair of left and right latch arms adapted to engage keeper means beyond said door in the locked condition of said door.
- 3. Security latch according to claim 2, in which said latch arms are pivotally connected to inside pull for angular movement about the axis of said shaft.
- 4. Security latch according to claim 1, in which said outside handle is fixed to said shaft at one end in shaft rotating relation and is apertured in registration with said outside lock assembly to permit access thereto.
- 5. Security latch according to claim 4, including also a yoke partially surrounding said shaft, and in which said spring means comprises compression spring means centered on said shaft between said housing and said yoke to bias said handle toward said housing.
- 6. Security latch according to claim 5, in which said housing includes a mounting boss for said spring for centering said spring on said boss.
Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of Ser. No. 431,568, filed 9/30/82, now abandoned.
US Referenced Citations (17)
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