Patent ID: 7044328
Filing Date: 2006-05-16
Classification: A47K,E05B,E05C,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A latching system for a dispenser having an elongate back plate, an elongate cover, one end of which is pivotably connected to one end of the back plate for movement between open and closed relationship with said back plate comprising: a) an elongate latch bar slidably mounted on the back plate for selective movement longitudinally thereof; b) a latch plate carried on the end of the cover opposite its point of connection to the back plate; c) latch plate engaging means carried on the end of said back plate opposite its point of connection to the cover and releasably engagable with said latch plate to retain the cover in its closed position, wherein said latch plate engaging means is separate and distinct from said elongate latch bar, and selective movement of said elongate latch bar causes said latch bar to contact said latch plate and release said latch plate from said latch plate engaging means; and d) at least one support projection disposed on and projecting from the back plate, wherein, when the cover is in its closed position, said at least one support projection extends through an aperture in said latch plate and engages an internal surface of the cover, and the pivoting of said cover from its closed position to its open position, without employing said latch bar to release said latch plate from said latch plate engaging means, requires the breaking of said at least one support projection.