Patent ID: 7510222

Claim:
A latch assembly, the latch assembly comprising: a first portion having an opening; a second portion comprising a tapered portion having an outer end and a circumferential groove thereon, the second portion reciprocally received in the opening of the first portion for relative axial movement of the first portion along the second portion, at least a portion of the outer end having a diameter greater than the diameter of the tapered portion immediately adjacent to the outer end; a securing element moveably associated with the first portion and having a blocking surface; and means for biasing the securing element into a blocking position where the blocking surface partially closes the opening in the first portion and is received in the circumferential groove for releasably connecting the second portion in the opening in the first portion in a first relative axially connected position during use wherein the first and second portions of the latch assembly in the first axially connected position are axially movable together, or a second relative axially connected position where the blocking surface engages the tapered portion and the first and second portions of the latch assembly are rotatable relative to one another such that the first portion may be rotated to a selected position during adjustment and returned to the first axially connected position of the first and second portions of the latch assembly, and where the second portion cannot be removed from rotatable engagement with the first portion.