Patent ID: 8393650
Filing Date: 2013-03-12
Classification: B60P,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A latching mechanism comprising; a housing having a recess for receiving a securing eye of the boat; a securing member movably disposed along a path within said housing and perpendicular to said recess and having a first end, a second end, a first slot proximate said first end and a second slot proximate said second end; a trigger having a mid portion defining a boundary of the recess and having a distal insert for selectively engaging said first slot defining an open condition or said second slot defining a closed condition; an energy storage device operatively attached to the securing member to selectively bias the securing member to either: a) said open condition where a portion of the securing member is within said recess while said trigger is engaged with said second slot; or, b) said closed condition where no portion of the securing member extends across said recess while said trigger is engaged with said first slot; and, a secondary energy storage device disposed between the housing and mid portion of said trigger to bias the distal insert of said trigger into contact with said first slot or said second slot and where the bias of said second energy storage device can be overcome to disengage the distal insert of said trigger from either said first slot or said second slot.