Patent ID: 6712405
Filing Date: 2004-03-30
Classification: B62M,E05B,E05C,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A motor vehicle having at least one compartment that can be accessed using a latch mechanism, the motor vehicle comprising a first member and a second member moveable with respect to the first member, wherein the latch mechanism includes a latch provided to the first member and a base provided to the second member,the latch including a foot portion at a proximal end thereof and a tab at a distal end thereof opposite the proximal end, the tab having a first engagement surface and the foot portion having a second engagement surface, the latch being movable between a first stable position in which the tab of the latch extends away from the first member and a second stable position in which the tab extends substantially parallel to the first member, the base including an aperture sized to receive the tab of the latch, the base including a first engageable surface adjacent a first side of the aperture and a second engageable surface on a second side of the aperture diametrically opposite to the first side, wherein, in order to secure the first member to the second member, the tab of the latch, in its first stable position, is inserted through the aperture of the base, and the latch is moved from the first stable position to the second stable position in which the first engagement surface of the tab engages the first engagement surface of the base and the second engagement surface of the foot portion engages the second engagement surface of the base.