A latch assembly comprises a housing, a latch movable at least partially within the housing from a retracted position to an extended position, and a cam rotatably secured to a cavity inside the housing. The latch comprises a cutout having two cam surfaces diverging from a back end to two front ends of the cam surfaces. The cam comprises a nose engaged with at least one cam surface at the back end when the latch is in the extended position, and engaged with one of the cam surfaces towards the front end of one of the cam surfaces.

A locking mechanism associated with a keeper of an electric strike is provided. The mechanism comprises a dual shaft actuator, first and second worm cams coupled to respective shafts, and first and second plungers. A first end portion of first and second resilient members are operably engaged with first and second worm cams, and a second end portion is fixedly coupled with respective first and second plungers. When the actuator rotates the shafts in a first rotational direction, the first and second worm gears move the first and second resilient members toward one another to place the first and the second plungers in a retracted position. When the actuator rotates the first and second shafts in a second rotational direction, the first and second worm gears move the first and second resilient members away from one another to thereby place the first and second plungers in an extended position.