Patent ID: 8096628

Claim:
A latching mechanism comprising: a latch lever rotatably coupled to a first slide element , the latch lever having a first, a second, and a third position, wherein the first position is between the second and third positions; a latch slide coupled to the latch lever, the latch slide configured to selectively move between an open position and a locked position, wherein the latch slide is further configured to allow the latch lever to only move between the first and second positions when the latch slide is in the open position, and to allow the latch lever to move only between the first and third position when the latch slide is in the locked position; and a latch tab fixedly coupled to a second slide element slidably coupled to the first slide element, the latch tab configured to displace the latch lever from the first position toward the second position when the latch tab approaches the latch lever from a first side and to displace the latch lever from the first position toward the third position when the latch tab approaches the latch lever from a second side opposite the first side.