Patent ID: 9169863
Filing Date: 2015-10-27
Classification: B66C,F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A latching apparatus for sequentially latching and unlatching two objects with at least one of the objects including a locking plate and a slotted opening thereon, the latching apparatus comprising: a cylinder attached to the first object, the cylinder including a first opening, and a second opening laterally disposed to the first opening; a spring loaded piston including a circumferential wall disposed in the first opening, the wall defining a contiguous cam-groove thereon, the cam-groove including alternating upper and lower nodal points with upright and inclined segments therebetween; a shank axially extending from the piston and defining a transverse latch pin at an end thereof; and a spring loaded plunger disposed within the second opening to slidably engage the cam-groove, the plunger and the cam-groove configured to co-operatively execute one or more of translation and rotation of the shank such that the latch pin rotatably extends or retracts into and out of the slotted opening on the locking plate of the second object.