US 11,920,389 B2
Reversible latchbolt
Daniel W. Riley, Meriden, CT (US)
Assigned to ASSA ABLOY ACCESS AND EGRESS HARDWARE GROUP, INC., Berlin, CT (US)
Filed by ASSA ABLOY ACCESS AND EGRESS HARDWARE GROUP, INC., Berlin, CT (US)
Filed on Aug. 28, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/006,425.
Application 17/006,425 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/262,246, filed on Jan. 30, 2019, granted, now 11,639,618.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/624,242, filed on Jan. 31, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0047871 A1, Feb. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. E05C 21/00 (2006.01); E05C 1/08 (2006.01)
CPC E05C 21/00 (2013.01) [E05C 1/08 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/132 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A latch bolt comprising:
a latch tail:
a bolt head operatively coupled to the latch tail;
a tail plate operatively coupled to the latch tail; and
a reversibility assembly, wherein the reversibility assembly comprises:
a catch operatively coupled to the tail plate;
a catch biasing member operatively coupled to the catch;
a restraint member operatively coupled to the catch; and
a restraint biasing member operatively coupled to the restraint member;
wherein the catch is moveable between an engaged position and a disengaged position through the catch biasing member;
wherein the restraint member is moveable between an activated position and a deactivated position;
wherein when the catch is in the engaged position the restraint member is in the deactivated position and the latch tail is operatively coupled to the tail plate; and
wherein when the catch is in the disengaged position the restraint member is in the activated position and the latch tail is removable from the tail plate.