A latching mechanism

摘要

A latching mechanism for use with a lockset is disclosed. The mechanism has a housing and a snib (15) with lever. The snib (15) can be moved between latching and non-latching positions. A selector (33) is retained against movement with the snib (15) by retaining elements (45) engaged in recesses (48). The selector (33) can be moved to bring a recess (49) into alignment with a retaining element (45). Recess (49) is deeper than either of recesses (48) which permits the retaining element (45) engaged with recess (49) to move sufficiently an associated lock bolt (26) to engage with a bolt receiving portion (47) of the snib to thereby lock the snib against movement. The selector (33) can be adjusted to determine which of a pair of lock bolts (26) will engage with which bolt receiving portion so that the handling of the latching mechanism can be adjusted.