Need help finding a special flat bathroom lockset

[trish]

My wonderful husband did a remodel that made a door to a passageway a little narrower than we would like. This is a swing door not a pocket door. Some time ago we saw a builder/hardware or someother special on HGTV that talked about a flat or flush door knob lockset.  However, I have gone back to HGTV web site and went  through all their special programs and either missed it or they omitted it from their site.  

The company who manufactured it was located in central or northern Calif.  Does anyone have any idea who that might be?  Or do you know of any other company that manufactures such a lockset?

Thanks for any leads
Trish

[Jimmy_Cason]

Southco has just about everything.

Flush mount latches
http://www.southco.com/product/class.aspx?cid=7411


All Latches..
http://www.southco.com/product/default.aspx?cid=7315

The home page for Southco
http://www.southco.com/

[Amanda_931]

I'm not quite sure what this latch is supposed to do--keep you from snagging on a doorknob?  

And, does it go into the bathroom or come out?

It would't look purty at all, wouldn't work if there were small children or somebody a foot taller than the others in the house, but if it opens in--say, against the wall, a hook and eye to latch on the inside doesn't take up much room--and a knob--maybe no latch needed (a bit of friction fit is good, if not workmanlike)--on the outside basically above shoulder height would help keep you from snagging on it.  

I got tired of a knob-less door at a nearby community center, installed a (like for a gate or a chest) handle on the inside (not only in an odd position, but slanted slightly so one doesn't bark one's knuckles on shelving that sticks out right there). From the outside it's easy enough to just push open the door, but closing it requires one to grab the edge of the door, pull vigorously, and get one's hand out of the way so that fingers don't get pinched.  It's an improvement over the original, but not that much of one.  A second gate handle would be good.  But somebody else said he'd take care of it.  About a year and a half ago.  Hey, it's been that way for twenty years.