A door latch assembly is provided with enhanced acoustic dampening characteristics, and includes a door bolt assembly having an inside barrel and an outside barrel configured for accommodating reciprocal sliding action of the inside barrel between a latch position and a release position. At least one barrel acoustic isolator is associated with at least one of the inside barrel and the outside barrel, and is configured for dampening sound generated by the reciprocal action.

Two part sleeves that fasten about existing arms of U-shaped gate latches, and bonded or slide on sleeve and cover devices, and replacement gate latches and methods for preventing injury with oar, fork and U-shaped gate latches that are pivotally attached to fixed support post next to an opening in a fence. The sleeves and covers and replacement oar, fork and U-shaped gate latches have enlarged blunt tips that can include bulbous, dome and ball shapes that prevent injury from children or adults that come into contact with the gate latches.

A door latch assembly is provided with enhanced acoustic dampening characteristics, and includes a door bolt assembly having an inside barrel and an outside barrel configured for accommodating reciprocal sliding action of the inside barrel between a latch position and a release position. At least one barrel acoustic isolator is associated with at least one of the inside barrel and the outside barrel, and is configured for dampening sound generated by the reciprocal action.

A door handle device for a vehicle includes a frame member, an outside handle and a seal member. The frame member includes a frame-side stopper. The outside handle includes a handle shaft portion and an engagement leg portion. The handle shaft portion is mounted to the frame member. The seal member includes a body portion sealing the outside handle and the door outer panel, the seal member including an extending portion extending from the body portion to a first region where the frame-side stopper and the handle-side stopper face with each other. The extending portion includes a first buffer piece. The frame-side stopper receives an impact generated in response to a pivot of the outside handle about the handle shaft portion to the full stroke position via the first buffer piece of the extending portion of the seal member, the first buffer piece being positioned at the first region.

Bonded or slide on sleeve and cover devices, and replacement gate latches and methods for preventing injury with oar, fork and U-shaped gate latches that are pivotally attached to fixed support post next to an opening in a fence. The sleeves and covers and replacement oar, fork and U-shaped gate latches have enlarged blunt tips that can include bulbous, dome and ball shapes that prevent injury from children or adults that come into contact with the gate latches.

A door latch assembly is provided with enhanced acoustic dampening characteristics, and includes a door bolt assembly having an inside barrel and an outside barrel configured for accommodating reciprocal sliding action of the inside barrel between a latch position and a release position. At least one barrel acoustic isolator is associated with at least one of the inside barrel and the outside barrel, and is configured for dampening sound generated by the reciprocal action.

A lock is provided especially for a door (2) or flap of a motor vehicle. Said lock has a lock housing (3) and a locking mechanism having a rotary latch (4) and a pawl, wherein the rotary latch (4) is arranged pivotably about an axis (22) and interacts with a locking bow (9), which is assigned to the bodywork (8), during the opening and closing of the door (2). At least one spring plate (15) which is oriented substantially parallel to the rotary latch (4) and surrounds the locking bow (9) in the locking position of the lock is arranged in the lock inlet region of the lock housing (3).

A door inside handle apparatus with a pull handle may include a handle bracket, a door inside handle and a link lever. The handle bracket may be fixed to the pull handle without interfering with a storage space of the pull handle. The door inside handle may be coupled to the handle bracket to be turned and have an operation part exposed through a rear side of the pull handle and to be operated by a user. The link lever may be coupled to the handle bracket to be turned, connected with one end of a latch cable, and operated to pull the latch cable by rotating with the door inside handle.