Patent ID: 8061922
Filing Date: 2011-11-22
Classification: B21D,B21K,F16B,G06F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A latching assembly system, comprising multiple separate components that are each configured for assembly as a separate component to another separate component to form an assembly, the multiple separate components including: a first latch component body having a displaceable latch member provided on a first edge of said first latch component body with a latch member opening defined in said first latch component body adjacent said displaceable latch member, said displaceable latch member having a first latch extension surface provided on a first end of said displaceable latch member and a second latch extension surface provided on a second and opposite end of said displaceable latch member, said displaceable latch member being displaceable in an outward direction away from the first latch component body between an unextended position and an extended position so as to extend said first and second latch extension surfaces outwardly and away from each other; and a second latch component body that is a separate latch component body from the first latch component body and that is configured for assembly as a separate component to said first latch component body to form an assembly of the first and second latch components bodies, the second latch component body having opposite first and second sides and having a latch reception opening defined to extend completely through the second latch component body from the first side of the latch component body to the second opposite side of the latch component body with a first latch retention surface provided on a first internal edge of said latch reception opening and a second latch retention surface provided on a second and opposite internal edge of said latch reception opening; wherein said displaceable latch member of said first latch component body is configured to be insertable into said latch reception opening from the first side of said second latch component body when said displaceable latch member is disposed in said unextended position with said first latch extension surface of said displaceable latch member disposed adjacent said first latch retention surface of said latch reception opening and with said second latch extension surface of said displaceable latch member disposed adjacent said second latch retention surface of said latch reception opening; and wherein said displaceable latch member is dimensioned to be latchably retained within said latch reception opening to prevent removal of said displaceable latch member in a direction outward from said first side of said second latch component body when said displaceable latch member is displaced in an outward direction away from the first latch component body from said unextended position to said extended position while inserted within said latch reception opening to extend said first latch extension surface of said displaceable latch member outwardly and away from said second latch extension surface such that said first latch extension surface latchably engages said first latch retention surface of said latch reception opening and said second latch extension surface latchably engages said second latch retention surface of said latch reception opening to latch said first latch component body to said separate second latch component body in assembled relationship.