Patent ID: 8056942
Filing Date: 2011-11-15
Classification: E05B,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A lock for use in releasably locking a movable hatch to a counterpart, said lock comprising: a first fitting positioned in one of the movable hatch and the counterpart, and having a first locking assembly; a second fitting positioned in the other one of the movable hatch and the counterpart, and having a second locking assembly, said first and second locking assemblies engageable with one another, said first and second fittings made of a plastic material; an elastically, deformable cushion connected to one of said first and second fittings, said cushion disposed and deformable between said first and second fittings when said first and second fittings are engaged with one another whereby said cushion exerts a bias on said first and second fittings; and one of said first and second locking assemblies including an elongate locking element and the other one of said first and second locking assemblies including a locking tongue and an unlocking lever, said locking element lockingly engageable with said locking tongue and moveable out of engagement by the unlocking lever, said locking element adjustable within a plurality of spacing increments along a longitudinal direction of said locking element, said locking element including a shaft and a locking hook disposed al an end of said shaft, said shaft including a plurality of fixing ribs oriented transversely to said longitudinal direction, said fixing ribs engageable with tooth prolongations formed on said one of said first and second fittings.