Patent ID: 9523221
Filing Date: 2016-12-20
CPC Classification: B64D,E05B,E05C,Y10S,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A pin latch, comprising: a guide block having a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and a tubular portion extending from the first end to the second end and having a pair of opposed sidewalls, each of which includes a slot extending proximate from the second end to a point intermediate the first and second ends, the tubular portion further including a top wall extending between the pair of opposed sidewalls and having a top slot extending from the second end to a point intermediate the first and second ends; a handle attached pivotally to the guide block, the handle including a trigger; a shear pin housed slidably within the tubular portion of the guide block and connected to the handle, the shear pin including a catch-pin that is slidable between an engageable position and a disengageable position, a first end, a second end opposite the first end of the shear pin, an interior portion extending from the second end of the shear pin to a point intermediate the first and second ends of the shear pin, a top slot in communication with the interior portion, a pair of opposed elongated slots, and a connecting pin housed within the pair of opposed elongated slots, and the catch-pin of the shear pin being positioned slidably and guided within the slots of the pair of opposed sidewalls of the tubular portion of the guide block; and a link having a first end and a second end opposite the first end of the link, the first end of the link being attached pivotally to the handle and the second end of the link being attached pivotally to the shear pin proximate to the second end thereof by the connecting pin, and the second end of the link extending through the top slot of the too wall of the tubular portion of the guide block and the top slot of the shear pin, wherein the handle is moveable between a closed position, in which the handle is retained releasably within the guide block, the shear pin is extended from the guide block, and the trigger is engaged with the catch-pin of the shear pin when the catch-pin is in its engageable position, and an open position, in which the handle is retracted from the guide block, the trigger is disengaged from the catch-pin, and the shear pin is retracted within the guide block and the catch-pin is moved to its disengageable position.