Show A secure gate latch the securing of oc the farm yard rate gate can call be made a i ery cry easy matter by the making of 0 a do demce ice such as Is shown 1 I 1 I 1 C I 1 ff EE ul 4 I 1 AGI HOMEMADE HOME MADE GATE below it may be attached to auy ally common homemade home made farm yard gate for its construction the board c Is 13 a hard bard wood slat blat fastened to t the it e board above by a swinging ing wire nire or iron hinge b when closing the gate lie I 1 G L ve the slat c strikes a catch a I 1 ile hie catch a forces the slat c L back but as its end Is exactly opposite the cut in a the weight of the slat 1 c forces it forward s into the cut of a thus holding li tile thu no 2 gate in place the sl slat it a passes between boards to hold it in III place as well as through the end edd upright in tile the cut a Is shown us as the gate looks locks and the catch a reversed the cut should be made sufficiently wide so the slat will drop easily into place before the gate can call swing by and the slat drop the catch a Is rounded founded so the end of the slat c e will slide up tip into place fig 2 shows the catch piece doubled so the gate will swing in both directions ant and catch I 1 farin arm and home |