Patent ID: 8931813
Filing Date: 2015-01-13
Classification: E05B,E05C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A rotary lock comprising: a housing having a strike channel shaped to receive a strike component; a latch member comprising at least one strike engaging member adapted to releasably engage the strike component, wherein said latch member is rotatable about a rotation axis between an unlatched position wherein said strike engaging member is positioned such that the strike component can be received in the strike channel, a secondary latch position wherein said strike engaging member at least partially blocks said strike channel and a primary latch position wherein said strike engaging member substantially blocks said strike channel; a keeper member moveable between a disengaged position wherein said keeper member is disengaged from said latch member, a secondary keeper position wherein said keeper member is engaged with said latch member when said latch member is in said secondary latch position, and a primary keeper position wherein said keeper member is engaged with said latch member when said latch member is in said primary latch position; a lock member moveable between a lock position and an unlock position, wherein said lock member is engaged with and prevents rotation of said latch member when said latch member is in said primary latch position and said lock member is in said lock position, wherein said lock member is disengaged from said latch member when said lock member is in said unlock position, and wherein said lock member is non-movable to said lock position when said latch member is in said secondary latch position; and a lock blocker moveable between an engaged position and a disengaged position, wherein said lock blocker engages said lock member and prevents said lock member from being moved to said lock position when said latch member is in said secondary latch position and said lock blocker is in said engaged position, and wherein said lock blocker does not impede the movement of said lock member to said lock position when said lock blocker is in said disengaged position.