Patent ID: 6786070
Filing Date: 2004-09-07
Classification: E05B,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A latch assembly, comprising:a ratchet having a latched position and an unlatched position; a control element pivotable about a first point to at least partially define a first path of motion generating release of the ratchet to the unlatched position and pivotable about a second point to at least partially define a second path of motion between an unactuated at rest position and an actuated position not generating release of the ratchet to the unlatched position; a locking element having a locked position and an unlocked position; and an actuator coupled to the locking element, actuation of the locking element to its unlocked position when the control element is actuated from the unactuated at rest position in its second path generating movement of the control element from its second path to its first path, the ratchet releasable from the latched position to the unlatched position responsive to actuation of the locking element to its unlocked position during at least partial actuation of the control element from the unactuated at rest position.