Patent ID: 7063363

Claim:
A lock assembly comprising: a latch; a chassis with two spaced apart side supports and two spaced apart hubs, each hub being mounted each one of the side supports, the two side supports and the two hubs at least partially defining an aperture; and a retractor assembly including a slidable retractor mechanism for extending and retracting the latch and a retainer clip having a back component, two spaced-apart side components extending from the back component, two front components each connected with an end of a separate one of the side components, the two front components being angled inward generally toward each other to form a narrowed gap, the clip being configured to receive the retractor mechanism such that the two side components extend on opposing sides of at least a portion of the retractor mechanism and the retractor mechanism is retained generally between the two side components and between the back component and the two front components, the latch extending through the gap between the front components, the retractor mechanism being slideable generally along bearing surfaces of the two side members to extend and to retract the latch, the retainer clip further having prongs releasably engageable with the chassis such that the retractor assembly is installable within the assembled chassis by sliding the clip into the chassis aperture to engage the prongs with the chassis and removable from the chassis by sliding the clip out of the aperture to disengage the prongs from the chassis without disassembling the chassis.