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A door hinged to a structure has a latch mechanism holding the door in a closed locked position. The latch mechanism has spring biased bolt units secured to opposite sides of the door connected with a single cable. A handle and lock assembly located in a recess in the outside of the door between the

A door hinged to a structure has a latch mechanism holding the door in a closed locked position. The latch mechanism has spring biased bolt units secured to opposite sides of the door connected with a single cable. A handle and lock assembly located in a recess in the outside of the door between the bolt units and mounted on the door has a hook with a groove accommodating the cable. When the handle is moved from its locked position cable is pulled to release the bolts allowing the door to be moved to its open position.

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[ I claim:] [1.] A latch mechanism for a door having outside and inside walls and opposite sides for closing an opening in a structure, the outside wall having a recess extended to the inside wall whereby the inside wall includes a bottom wall of the recess comprising: first and second means mountab

[ I claim:] [1.] A latch mechanism for a door having outside and inside walls and opposite sides for closing an opening in a structure, the outside wall having a recess extended to the inside wall whereby the inside wall includes a bottom wall of the recess comprising: first and second means mountable on opposite sides of the door for locking the door to the structure, said first and second means each having a bolt movable to an unlocked position to release the door to allow the door to be moved to an open position, a single cable connected to the bolts of the first and second means, a handle and lock assembly mounted on the door operatively connected to the cable to pull the cable to move the bolts of the first and second means to unlock positions, said handle and lock assembly including a case located in said recess, said case having a back wall located in engagement with said bottom wall of the recess and a peripheral flange located in engagement with the outside wall of the door around said recess, said back wall having a boss projected outwardly away from the bottom wall providing a space between the boss and inside wall and lateral recesses adjacent opposite sides of the boss to align a portion of the cable with the space and guide the cable, means securing the case to the inside wall of the door to retain the case in the recess and hold the flange in engagement with the outside wall of the door, a handle having a hook with a groove accommodating said portion of the cable, means pivotally mounting the handle on the case for movement between first and second positions whereby when the handle is moved from the first position to the second position the cable is pulled to move the bolts of the first and second means to unlock positions to release the door, said boss having an opening open to the space and a slot, said hook extended through said opening into said space when the handle is in first position whereby the hook engages the portion of the cable in said space, and a lock mounted on the door, said lock having a latch member movable into the slot in the boss to lock the handle on the case in the first position.