Patent ID: 6149210
Filing Date: 2000-11-21
Classification: E05B,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A hood latch comprising:a housing having a mouth, a ratchet pivotally mounted within the housing to cooperate with the mouth to pivot between an open condition, a primary closed condition and a secondary closed condition for receiving, engaging and cinching a keeper of a striker, the ratchet being biased to the open condition,a pivotally mounted primary pawl having biasing means for biasing the primary pawl into engagement with the ratchet for releasably retaining the ratchet in the primary closed condition,a pivotally mounted secondary pawl having biasing means for biasing the secondary pawl into engagement with the ratchet for releasably retaining the ratchet in the secondary closed condition, said secondary pawl having a secondary release arm extending therefrom and said secondary release arm is rotatable between a retracted position when the primary pawl is engaged and a deployed position once the primary pawl has been released, said secondary release arm extending generally in the same plane as the housing when in said retracted position and extending forwardly of said housing when in said deployed position.