Patent ID: 8120905
Filing Date: 2012-02-21
Classification: E05B,E05C,G06F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A latch apparatus comprising: a first latch member that is biased into a latched position by a first resilient member and a second resilient member, wherein the first latch member includes at least one latch that engages a chassis when the first latch member is in the latched position; a second latch member that is biased into a latched position by only the second resilient member, wherein the second latch member includes at least one latch that engages the chassis when the second latch member is in the latched position; and an actuator coupled to each of the first latch member and second latch members and operable to be actuated to move both the first latch member and the second latch member out of their respective latched positions such that the at least one latch on each of the first latch member and the second latch member are disengaged from the chassis, wherein the second latch member is operable to move independently of the first latch member and out of the latched position, while the first latch member remains in the latched position, in response to a shock event.