Patent ID: 6565135
Filing Date: 2003-05-20
Classification: E05B,E05C,Y10T

Abstract:
A pivoting handle latch device, comprising:(a) an elongate housing having a hollowed area within; (b) a handle having a gripping portion and a body portion, said body portion straddling said housing and rotatively attached thereto said housing body portion having a pair of parallel spaced apart sidewalls each having an arcuate slot therein, said handle also having a cylindrical bore extending through said gripping portion; (c) a pawl member operating within said housing hollowed area and having a pivot pin for pivotal attachment to said handle, wherein said pawl attachment pin extends through said housing sidewalls arcuate slots; and (d) a locking pin received in said cylindrical bore of said handle gripping portion; (e) wherein said cylindrical bore of said handle gripping portion also includes a plurality of resilient fingers for retaining said received locking pin.