| 摘要 |
A gate latch including an anchoring member for mounting on a gate post, a chain having one end mounted on the anchoring member and having a latching tab mounted on its other end, a keeper mounted on the gate post, the keeper having a shank with a horizontal portion and a vertical portion extending upwardly therefrom, an enlarged conical head on the vertical portion of the shank, and a keyhole-shaped aperture in the latching tab which is of a size which will pass over the enlarged head of the keeper only when it is tilted beyond a predetermined position relative thereto, the keyhole including a smaller portion which receives the horizontal portion of the shank of the keeper, and the latching tab being connected to the chain proximate the portion of the keyhole which receives the enlarged head so that the latching tab gravitates so that the smaller portion of the aperture receives the horizontal portion of the keeper shank.
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