Patent ID: 7869198

Claim:
A latch assembly for an electronic display module comprising an elongated latch housing, said housing having a rear side being substantially closed and an open front side, a support hole in the center of said rear side, an actuator gear secured within said support hole, said actuator gear being substantially cylindrical with spaced teeth attached thereto, a pair of elongated actuator arms supported within said latch housing, each of said actuator arms having a proximal end and a distal end, said proximal end of each of said actuator arms having a toothed rack oppositely spaced from each other and inter-engaged with said teeth of said actuator gear, a movable latch attached at said distal end of each of said actuator arms, each of said movable latches having a pair of spaced arcuate arms, each of said movable latches being positioned substantially within said latch housing, a pair of elongated displacement springs, each of said elongated displacement springs having a pair of parallely spaced segments, each of said pair of spaced segments being fixed within opposite ends of latch housing, each of said pair of displacement springs having a continuous elongated segment attached to each said pair of parallely spaced segments and extending through said rear side of said latch housing and whereby said continuous elongated segment of each of said displacement springs extends at an angle to said rear side of said latch housing.