Patent ID: 8360487
Filing Date: 2013-01-29
Classification: E05C,H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A latch assembly, comprising: a housing having opposed and parallel first and second end walls defining a cavity created between the first and second end walls, the housing further including: a U-shaped swing arm member having a joining end continuously positioned in the cavity and positioned proximate to the first end wall, and first and second swing arms integrally connected to and perpendicularly oriented with respect to the joining end, each having a first portion continuously positioned in the cavity and a second portion fixed to the first portion and angularly oriented at a swing angle with respect to the first portion, the second portion extending freely through one of the first and second swing arm apertures and slidable toward and away from the housing by sliding motion of the first portion of the first and second swing arms and the joining end parallel with the central longitudinal axis of the housing; a keeper/catch member rotatably connected to the first and second journal members; a biasing member positioned in the cavity aligned in parallel with the central longitudinal axis of the housing directly and oppositely contacting each of the joining end of the swing arm member and the second end wall of the housing such that the biasing member is normally acting to pull the second portion of the first and second swing arm members toward the housing, and is compressed as the second portion of the first and second swing arms extend away from the housing; and the second portion of both the first and second swing arms each including a pin aperture located proximate to an arm end and both receiving a pin acting to rotatably mount the second portion of both the first and second swing arms to a first component.