Patent ID: 7651141
Filing Date: 2010-01-26
Classification: B62D,E05B,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. Apparatus comprising: a supporting structure; a closure moveably attached to the supporting structure for movement between an open position and a closed position; a keeper moveably attached to the closure, said keeper having a keeper surface; a latch moveably connected to the supporting structure, said latch having a latching surface and being movable between a closed position, in which the latching surface engages the keeper thereby retaining the closure in the closed position, and an open position, in which the latching surface is disengaged from the keeper thereby permitting the closure to move toward the open position; and a member operatively connected to the keeper rotatable between a first position and a second position such that rotation of the member from the first position toward the second position rotates the keeper so the keeper causes movement of the latch from the closed position toward the open position when the latching surface and keeper surface are engaged; wherein the latch is movably coupled to the supporting structure such that a moment created by a load applied to the latch by the keeper when the latch is closed biases the latch against movement from the closed position toward the open position.