US 12,404,697 B2
Latch bolt installation structure and door lock using such structure
Jia Sen Qiu, Guangdong (CN)
Assigned to CMECH (GUANGZHOU) LTD., Guangdong (CN)
Filed by CMECH (GUANGZHOU) LTD., Guangdong (CN)
Filed on Jun. 22, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/339,862.
Application 18/339,862 is a continuation of application No. 17/249,326, filed on Feb. 26, 2021, granted, now 12,024,919.
Claims priority of application No. 202010619727.3 (CN), filed on Jul. 1, 2020; application No. 202010622272.0 (CN), filed on Jul. 1, 2020; application No. 202010622790.2 (CN), filed on Jul. 1, 2020; and application No. 202011060664.9 (CN), filed on Sep. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0332431 A1, Oct. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. E05B 13/00 (2006.01); E05B 1/00 (2006.01); E05B 3/00 (2006.01); E05B 3/06 (2006.01); E05B 15/04 (2006.01); E05B 63/04 (2006.01); E05B 63/08 (2006.01); E05B 63/14 (2006.01); E05C 1/08 (2006.01); E05C 9/04 (2006.01)
CPC E05B 13/004 (2013.01) [E05B 1/003 (2013.01); E05B 3/003 (2013.01); E05B 3/065 (2013.01); E05B 15/04 (2013.01); E05B 63/044 (2013.01); E05B 63/14 (2013.01); E05C 1/085 (2013.01); E05C 9/04 (2013.01); E05B 2001/0076 (2013.01); E05B 2015/0406 (2013.01); E05B 63/08 (2013.01); E05B 63/146 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/132 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A latch bolt assembly for a door, comprising:
a body adapted to be mounted in a mortise of the door;
a latch extendable from and retractable into the body in opposite axial directions, and having a male member;
a driving part in the body to move the latch between retracted and extended positions, and having a female member;
the male member movable in the axial direction to couple with the female member for selective positioning of the latch in opposite forward and rearward directions; and
a retention member engaging the male member to retain the male member in the forward and rearward directions, and disengaging the male member to allow the male member to be reversed for movement between the forward and rearward directions without disassembling the male member from the female member.