Patent ID: 11859337
Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC D  E | IPC D  E

Claim 10:
11. An appliance latch assembly for use with an appliance having an appliance frame and an appliance lid movable during closing of the appliance lid between a lid-open position and a lid-closed position, the appliance latch assembly comprising:
a striker positionable on the appliance lid;
a latch positionable on the appliance frame and having a latch frame defining a latch interior with a full width interior segment and a divided interior segment;
a trap movably mounted in the latch interior and having a pair of trap side walls defining side boundaries of a trap interior within the latch interior that receives the striker during closing of the appliance lid;
a ward plate fixedly mounted in the latch interior and providing a boundary between a pair of spaces and that define the divided interior segment, the ward plate arranged between and parallel to the trap side walls;
an anti-tamper slide arranged between and movable with respect to each of the ward plate and one of the trap side walls with the anti-tamper slide; and
a leading surface arranged between the ward plate and the other one of the trap side walls with the leading surface movable with respect to the ward plate and moving in unison with the trap.