Patent ID: 8231148

Claim:
An assembly comprising: a moveable panel having a direction of movement and that is positionable in a first, closed position with respect to an element and having a first lateral side, the first lateral side being perpendicular to the direction of movement of the moveable panel; and a latching mechanism for latching said panel to said element that includes: at least one first latch, and operating means that are adapted to move the at least one first latch out of the first lateral side of the panel from a panel-releasing position to a panel-latching position or from a panel-latching position to a panel-releasing position, wherein the operating means comprise: at least a first cam part that is rotatable with respect to a rotation axis, and that extends parallel or substantially parallel to and eccentrically with respect to the rotation axis; a respective second cam part having an outer second circle section that is concentric with respect to the rotation axis; and at least one cam follower which is connected to a respective first latch, wherein the at least one cam follower includes a first aperture part that rotatably receives the at least one first cam part, wherein the at least one cam follower also includes a second aperture part having an inner circle section that is configured to be guided along the circle section of the outer contour of the respective second cam part, and wherein a major part of each second aperture part of the at least one cam follower has a same or substantially the same shape of a circle section, viewed in front view, to guide the respective second cam part along part of a circular path, wherein the at least one first latch is dimensioned such that it extends along the entire or substantially the entire first lateral side of the panel.