Patent ID: 7201409
Filing Date: 2007-04-10
Classification: E05B,E05C,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A retracting locking mechanism for an openable unit comprising: a striker attached to one of the openable unit and a fixed unit, and having a first hook-shaped section, and a catcher attached to the other of the openable unit and the fixed unit, and including an inner part, an outer part for housing the inner part, a coil spring having front and rear ends for always biasing the inner part in a retreating direction to pull into the outer part, and dampening means for providing dampening force to the retreating movement of the inner part caused by the coil spring, wherein said inner part includes a rotating part having a second hook-shaped section at a front end, a locking projection at a back end, a shaft at a middle between the front and back ends, and an abutting section projecting beyond the second hook-shaped section between the second hook-shaped section and the shaft; and a slider having through holes for the shaft of the rotating part so that the slider is assembled with the rotating part via said shaft, said coil spring being connected at the front end to the slider and at the back end to the outer part, and said outer part includes a lock groove having a straight portion along the traveling direction of said inner part and a front portion communicating with the straight portion and extending in the direction perpendicular to the traveling direction, and a guide groove for receiving one end of said shaft formed on one side of the lock groove and extending along the traveling direction of the inner part.