Patent ID: 7959194
Filing Date: 2011-06-14
Classification: E05B,E05C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A latch assembly for securing a first member to a second member, the second member having a connecting bar, the latch assembly comprising: a plate having a top surface adapted to be attached to a bottom surface of the first member and a side surface substantially perpendicular to the top surface; an activating member; and an arm attached to the side surface of the plate and pivotable by the activating member between a closed and an open position relative to the plate about a pivot axis, wherein the pivot axis is substantially aligned with a line of entry of the connecting bar to a latched position in which, when the arm is in the closed position, a portion of the connecting bar transverse to the line of entry is disposed in an enclosed opening having an axis transverse to the line of entry, the opening being defined by both the plate and the arm together, the portion of the connecting bar being partially surrounded by the arm and the plate individually, the plate being fixed relative to the line of entry, wherein a longitudinal axis of the arm extends parallel to the line of entry when the arm is in the closed position, and wherein the axis of the enclosed opening and the line of entry of the connecting bar are substantially parallel to the top surface of the plate.