Patent ID: 8757676

Claim:
A locking mechanism for a motor vehicle opening panel, the locking mechanism comprising: a pin mounted on a base; a throat located on the base; a latch pivotally mounted about the pin on the base and adapted to pivot on the pin between a position blocking the throat and a position unblocking the throat, the latch having a first convex edge and a second convex edge that prolongs the first convex edge; a second striker constrained to move with respect to the base along a first path that intersects the throat, the second striker being adapted to be fixed to a mechanism that is movably linked to a structural element of the motor vehicle; and a first striker constrained to move with respect to the base along a second path that intersects the throat, the first striker being adapted to be fixed to a structural element of the motor vehicle, wherein the second striker applies a first force to the first convex edge of the latch to pivot the latch about the pin from the position blocking the throat to the position unblocking the throat, enabling the throat to receive the second striker, and wherein the first striker applies a second force to the second convex edge of the latch to pivot the latch about the pin from the position blocking the throat to the position unblocking the throat, enabling the throat to receive the first striker.