Patent ID: 7726706
Filing Date: 2010-06-01
Classification: A01K,A45F,A47G,F16B,F16M,F21V,F41C,G09F,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A latch mechanism comprising: a locking unit having a front plate and a back plate spaced apart and fixedly attached to each other about portions of peripheries of the front and back plates to form an opening therebetween having a side slot and top and bottom adjacent slots; a pivoting release lever positioned within the adjacent slots between the front and back plates of the bracket assembly, said pivoting release lever having a first leg and a second leg interconnected by a pivot that is attached to the front and back plates of the bracket assembly such that the pivoting release lever can pivot within the opening between the front and back plates about the pivot between a locked and dislodged position; said pivoting release lever further having a protruding arm that can be engaged to transfer an external force in order to cause pivoting movement of the pivoting release lever; a slide bar having a first end portion with a leading edge and a second end portion and with top and bottom portions therebetween, said leading edge of the first end portion can be received endwise into the opening between the front and back plates to make contact with said first leg to make said pivoting release lever to allow further intersection of said slide bar, said slide bar further having a notch that is configured to receive a corresponding appendage on the first leg of the pivoting release lever in the locked position and said first end portion can be abutted by a portion of the second leg of the pivoting release lever when the an external force is applied to the pivoting release lever in order to dislodge the slide bar relative to the locking unit; and a slide bar guide to guide said slide bar movement.