Latch mechanism

Claim 1

IN A LATCH MECHANISM: (A) A FRAME OR BODY ASSEMBLY COMPRISING (I) A PAIR OF MOUNTING MEMBERS ADAPTED TO BE ASSEMBLED WITH ONE ANOTHER IN A DOOR IN FIXED POSITION, (A) ONE OF SAID MOUNTING MEMBERS HAVING AN ELONGATED LINEAR SLOT THERETHROUGH; (II) PROJECTIONS ON AT LEAST ONE OF SAID MOUNTING MEMBERS AND EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID MOUNTING MEMBERS, (III) OPPOSED LINEAR GUIDE SURFACE ON FACING SIDES OF SAID MOUNTING MEMBERS EXTENDING PARALLEL WITH THE LENGTH OF SAID SLOT; (IV) OPPOSED LINEAR GUIDE SURFACES ON FACING SIDES OF SAID PROJECTIONS EXTENDING PARALLEL WITH THE LENGTH OF SAID SLOT AND ORIENTED 90* WITH RESPECT TO SAID GUIDE SURFACES ON SAID MOUNTING MEMBERS; (B) A BOLT CARRIAGE INTERPOSED BETWEEN AND SLIDABLY SUPPORTED FOR LINEAR MOVEMENT BY SAID GUIDE SURFACES; (C) MEANS FOR BIASING SAID BOLT CARRIAGE AGAINST AT LEAST ONE FACING SIDE OF SAID PROJECTIONS; (D) A HANDLE AT THE EXTERIOR SIDE OF SAID MOUNTING MEMBER HAVING SAID SLOT THEREIN; (E) AN OPERABLE CONNECTION BETWEEN SAID BOLT CARRIAGE AND SAID HANDLE EXTENDING THROUGH SAID SLOT WHEREBY SAID BOLT CARRIER MAY BE RECIPROCATED IN A LINEAR PATH UPON LINEAR RECIPROCATION OF SAID HANDLE; (F) A BOLT; (G) SAID BOLT CARRIAGE HAVING AN APERTURE IN ONE END THEREOF ADAPTED TO RECEIVE ONE END OF SAID BOLT AND HAVING SLOTS DISPOSED INTERMEDIATE THE ENDS OF SAID APERTURE; AND, (H) MEANS DISPOSED IN SAID SLOTS FOR CONNECTING SAID BOLT TO SAID BOTH CARRIAGE OPERABLE UPON MOVEMENT OF SAID ONE END OF SAID BOLT INTO SAID APERTURE IN SAID BOLT CARRIAGE BY LINEAR RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN SAID BOLT CARRIAGE AND BOLT PARALLEL WITH SAID LINEAR PATH OF MOVEMENT OF SAID BOLT CARRIAGE.