Patent ID: 9739077
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: E05B,Y10T

Claim:
1. A latch comprising: a housing having a wall; a fork bolt operably coupled to the housing for movement between an unlatched position and a latched position; a detent lever operably coupled to the housing and arranged to cooperate with the fork bolt; a flexible member operably connected to the housing, the flexible member having a protruding portion proximate to a free end of the flexible member; and a link having a first end rotationally coupled to the fork bolt and a second end distal from the first end, the second distal end arranged to move linearly from a first position to a second position, wherein when the fork bolt is moved from the latched position to the unlatched position, the second distal end of the link contacts the wall as the link moves from the first position to the second position so as to apply a force to the flexible member, causing the flexible member to move from a first position to a second position.