Patent ID: 7052053
Filing Date: 2006-05-30
Classification: E05B,E05C,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A latch for releasably securing a first closure member to a keeper on a second closure member in a latched position, said latch comprising: a housing adapted for being received in an aperture formed in the first closure member, said housing having an interior surface and an opposed exterior surface and an opening extending therebetween; a handle pivotally attached to said housing and moveable between an open position and a closed position, a handle biasing means, said handle being biased to the closed position by said handle biasing means; a pawl support means connected to said housing; a pawl on said pawl support means, said pawl being pivotable about said pawl support means between a latched position and an unlatched position, said pawl projecting through said opening and said pawl having a pawl projection at the exterior surface of the housing; a pawl biasing means on said pawl support means, said pawl being biased toward said latched position by said pawl biasing means; whereby pivotal movement of said handle to said open position pivots said pawl to said unlatched position and disengages said pawl from the keeper and said pawl projection moves along a portion of said exterior surface of said housing such that pivoting of the pawl is guided in said opening by said portion of said exterior surface of said housing during pivoting of said pawl.