US 12,291,904 B2
Magnetic safety gate latch
Christopher Michael Schneider, Linwood, NJ (US); Craig Kime, Middleburg Heights, OH (US); Antonello Nizzia, Middleburg Heights, OH (US); and Christopher John Heritage, Swedesboro, NJ (US)
Assigned to Barrette Outdoor Living, Inc., Middleburg Heights, OH (US)
Filed by Barrette Outdoor Living, Inc., Middleburg Heights, OH (US)
Filed on Jan. 19, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/098,839.
Application 18/098,839 is a continuation of application No. 16/855,150, filed on Apr. 22, 2020, granted, now 11,585,132.
Application 16/855,150 is a continuation of application No. 15/715,292, filed on Sep. 26, 2017, granted, now 10,662,686, issued on May 26, 2020.
Application 15/715,292 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/281,148, filed on Sep. 30, 2016, granted, now 10,641,021, issued on May 5, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/419,295, filed on Nov. 8, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2023/0265697 A1, Aug. 24, 2023
Int. Cl. E05B 47/00 (2006.01); E05B 1/00 (2006.01); E05B 65/00 (2006.01); E05C 19/16 (2006.01)
CPC E05C 19/163 (2013.01) [E05B 1/0092 (2013.01); E05B 47/0038 (2013.01); E05B 47/004 (2013.01); E05B 47/0046 (2013.01); E05B 65/0007 (2013.01); E05B 65/0014 (2013.01); E05C 19/16 (2013.01); Y10T 292/11 (2015.04)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a top assembly comprising:
a pool latch tube that includes a top insert to couple and stabilize the pool latch tube to a tube cover;
a pool latch lid configured above the pool latch tube, wherein the pool latch lid is part of a lift mechanism, and wherein the pool latch lid is rotationally coupled to the tube cover; and
a hinge base configured underneath the pool latch lid, wherein the hinge base is coupled to the pool latch lid and to a top end of twist drive shaft, wherein the twist drive shaft is spring loaded to a resting position;
a bottom assembly configured below the top assembly, the bottom assembly comprising:
a latch member housing that houses a latch member, wherein the twist drive shaft is configured to cause the latch member housing to rotate between a first position and a second position;
a bottom cover that faces a housing formed from a base cover and a latch cover;
a latch pin configured within the housing, wherein the latch pin is aligned with one or more apertures in the housing;
a spring configured to interact with the latch pin; and
one or more latch grooves positioned in the bottom cover, wherein when the latch member housing is in the first position, the latch member is configured to permit the latch pin to partially pass through an opening of the one or more latch grooves, and wherein when the latch member housing is in the second position, the latch pin is retracted by the spring to move back into the housing.