Patent ID: 6010168
Filing Date: 2000-01-04
Classification: E05B,E05C,Y10T

Abstract:
A latch mechanism including:a) a housing having a longitudinally extending axis, a pair of opposing side walls, and at least one pair of laterally spaced slots, one slot being located on one of said side walls and the other slot being located on the opposite side wall;b) a cylindrical rotor having a longitudinally extending axis substantially parallel to and spaced from said axis of said housing, said rotor being mounted in said housing for clockwise or counterclockwise rotation about said longitudinally extending axis, said rotor further including a recess to engage a pawl, and a flat plane surface parallel to said longitudinally extending axis of said rotor;c) detent means including at least one elongated horizontal member carried by said laterally spaced slots of said housing, said horizontal member being located transversely to said longitudinal axis of said rotor and substantially parallel to said flat plane surface of said rotor;d) a lock shaft carried by said housing and rotatably mounted therein; ande) a linkage means connecting said elongated member and said lock shaft, whereby the rotation of said lock shaft causes said linkage means to rotate and carry said elongated member into and out of engagement or close proximity with said flat plane surface to selectively permit the rotation of said rotor or to block the rotation of said rotor.