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1. A device for engaging a striker bar positioned on an object, such as a panel, gate, door or other similar article, to secure the object to a structure adjacent the object, the object and the structure, when secured together, generally defining a plane in space with first and second sides, the device being equally operable from each side of the defined plane, the device comprising:
a latching member and a locking member each moveable with respect to the other, and each pivotally mounted to said structure about a common axis, the locking member further being slidable on the common axis, said latching member further comprising:
a leading edge cam oriented to contact the striker bar and thereby direct the pivoting rotation of the latching member;a first grapple for pivotally engaging the striker bar to establish a latched state between the object and the adjacent structure; andat least a first part of a multipart locking assembly, said multipart locking assembly serving to lock said members together with or without a separate lock device, said locking member further comprising:
a second grapple for slidingly engaging the striker bar to establish the latched state between the object and the adjacent structure by captively positioning the striker bar between the first and second grapples; andat least a second part of the multipart locking assembly; wherein said members, in combination, secure the device to the striker bar when said members are locked together, thereby securing the object to the adjacent structure for establishment of the locked state, and wherein the device is pivotally rotatable about the common axis to alternately position the first and second parts of said multipart locking assembly together on one side or the other of the defined plane. |
