Patent ID: 7261328
Filing Date: 2007-08-28
Classification: E05B,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A push button latch release assembly which includes a push button actuator and a latch cord which extends through said push button actuator and includes at least one end for connection to a spring latch, said push button actuator comprising: a housing which includes a base having opposite first and second faces and a hole therethrough, a tubular barrel which extends away from said first face and surrounds said hole, and means on a side of said base opposite said tubular barrel which provides first and second guide channels on respective opposite sides of said hole, and a button cylinder which is movably positioned within said tubular barrel and which includes an extension shaft that extends through said hole in said base, said extension shaft including a lateral passageway through which said latch cord extends, pushing of said button cylinder from an inactive position away from said base to an operating position closer to said base causing said passageway in said extension shaft to lengthen said latch cord between said first and second guide channels and draw said at least one end of said latch cord inwardly towards said push button actuator.