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A locking entry door latch equipped with a positive locking dead bolt and a latch bolt. The latch includes a housing, a sliding latch bolt mechanism, a sliding dead bolt mechanism, a center bolt to resist longitudinal loading, a strike assembly with a precatch that holds the door latched when it is

A locking entry door latch equipped with a positive locking dead bolt and a latch bolt. The latch includes a housing, a sliding latch bolt mechanism, a sliding dead bolt mechanism, a center bolt to resist longitudinal loading, a strike assembly with a precatch that holds the door latched when it is not completely closed and a final catch for the latch bolt and dead bolt, a locking mechanism and inside and outside operating handles. Both the locking mechanism and the operating handles are independently operable from inside or outside the vehicle.

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In a door latch, the combination of: a housing; a latch bolt slidingly carried in said housing; a dead bolt slidingly carried in said housing; first control means for moving said latch blot between a door locked position and a door unlocked position; second control means for moving said dead bolt be

In a door latch, the combination of: a housing; a latch bolt slidingly carried in said housing; a dead bolt slidingly carried in said housing; first control means for moving said latch blot between a door locked position and a door unlocked position; second control means for moving said dead bolt between a door locked position and a door unlocked position; with said latch bolt and said dead bolt positioned parallel to each other and sliding along parallel paths, and with said latch bolt and said dead bolt moveable independently of each other; a center bolt fixed in said housing and projecting outward between said latch bolt and said dead bolt, said center bolt having a center neck of lesser cross-section and an exposed end flange of greater cross-section; and a strike having spaced openings for receiving said latch bolt and said dead bolt, respectively, and having a slot between said openings for receiving said center bolt neck, with said center bolt flange of greater cross-section than said slot.