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A latching assembly for latching the swingable door associated with a cap as mounted over the bed of a pickup truck. The latching assembly is activated by a manually rotatable handle mounted centrally of the lower edge of the door. The latching assembly includes a pair of elongated rigid rods which

A latching assembly for latching the swingable door associated with a cap as mounted over the bed of a pickup truck. The latching assembly is activated by a manually rotatable handle mounted centrally of the lower edge of the door. The latching assembly includes a pair of elongated rigid rods which project outwardly toward the opposite sides of the door and have latching bolts mounted on the free ends thereof, which bolts are disposed for latching engagement with the adjacent side jams. A removable fastening element, such as a screw, coacts between each bolt and the respective rod for permitting the bolt to function either as a deadbolt or as a spring-bolt. When the fastening element is present, the bolt is rigidly secured to the rod and functions as a deadbolt so that the handle must be manually rotated to move the bolts during both opening and closing of the door. However, removal of the fastening element permits the bolt to be slidably displaced axially of the rod, due to the presence of a spring, so that the door can be closed and latched due to inward camming of the spring-bolt without requiring actuation of the handle.

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In a cap door having a pair of spaced and substantially parallel frame elements, one of said frame elements being adapted to be hingedly connected to a cap, a handle rotatably supported on the other frame element and disposed adjacent the exterior side of the door, and a latching mechanism mounted o

In a cap door having a pair of spaced and substantially parallel frame elements, one of said frame elements being adapted to be hingedly connected to a cap, a handle rotatably supported on the other frame element and disposed adjacent the exterior side of the door, and a latching mechanism mounted on the door and positioned adjacent the interior side of said other framing member, said latching mechanism being interconnected to and activated by said rotatable handle, the improvement wherein said latching mechanism includes: a rotatable lever drivingly interconnected to and rotated by said handle; an elongated rigid rod extending along one side of said door and having one end thereof pivotally connected to said lever; guide means fixed to said door and coacting with said rod adjacent the other end thereof for slidably guiding same; and bolt means mounted on the other end of said rod and being positioned to project outwardly beyond an edge of the door so as to latchingly engage a part of the cap, said bolt means including a bolt member slidably mounted on the other end of said rod and spring means coacting between said bolt member and said rod for normally urging said bolt member axially outwardly of said rod; said bolt means further including conversion means associated with at least one of said rod and bolt member for permitting said bolt member to be rigidly fixed relative to said rod when it is desired to have said latching mechanism function as a deadbolt.