Patent ID: 6945573
Filing Date: 2005-09-20
Classification: B64D,E05B,E05C,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A latch assembly of for use in latching a first structure relative to a second structure comprising: a frame attachable to a first structure; a bolt moveably carried on the frame; the bolt being sized and dimensioned to extend from a first structure to overlie at least a portion of a second structure; a trigger assembly operatively associated with the bolt and engageable with at least a portion of the frame to retain the bolt in a closed position and disengagable from the frame to allow movement of the bolt; an adjustment assembly operatively associated with the latch; an adjuster body of the adjustment assembly operatively associated with the bolt, the adjuster body having a first end and a second end; a controllable adjuster of the adjustment assembly adjustably retained on the bolt for acting on the first end; a plunger assembly operatively associated with the bolt; the plunger assembly having a first end communicating with the adjuster body and a second end for abutting an interior surface of a second structure; wherein the adjuster may be controllably adjusted to act on the first end of the adjuster body to adjust the plunger assembly carried relative to an interior surface of the second structure; and wherein the adjuster is threaded, the bolt defining a threaded bore therein positioned proximate to the first end of the adjuster body for receiving the adjuster therein, adjustment of the adjuster being accomplished by threadedly moving the adjuster in the threaded bore.