as a result of the locking member assembly 300 rotating clockwise and the latching member 302 rotating counterclockwise due to their inherent gravity bias the striker bar 600 is now secured by the grapple 325 and thereby resulting in the gate being in a latched state to open the gate it is unlatched by applying a downward force to the right handle 320 causing the latching member 302 to rotate clockwise the downward force is applied until the right grapple 325 is below the striker bar 600 at this point the gate is unlatched and can be opened when the striker bar 600 interacts with the right striker bar 600 exit cam 348 the locking member assembly 300 rotates counterclockwise so that the striker bar 600 can exit if a left hand gate is used exit cam 328 has the same function as exit cam 348 but causes the locking member assembly 300 to rotate clockwise if the operator is on the side of the gate opposite from the striker bar 600 the gate is latched in the same operation as previously stated except to open the gate the left handle 314 is moved upwardly until the right grapple 325 is below the striker bar 600 to perform the locking operation the following assumptions are made the gate is latched and the operator is on the striker bar 600 side of the gate to lock the gate the right handle 320 is moved upward until the left handle 314 contacts the locking handle 336 at which point the lock keepers 316 and 338 are.