Patent ID: 7269984

Claim:
A latch for releasably securing a member to which the latch is attached to a striker in a latched position, the latch comprising: a latch housing adapted for being received in an aperture formed in the member; a handle pivotally attached to said housing and movable between a closed and an open position, the handle having a handle actuator; a pawl housing adapted for being received in an aperture formed in the member; a pawl rotatably supported by the pawl housing so as to be movable between a latched and an unlatched position, the pawl being biased toward the unlatched position by a biasing means; and a trigger slideably displaceable in the pawl housing, the trigger having: a pawl engaging means for engaging the pawl in an engaged position when the pawl is in the latched position, and a a trigger slot; a trigger biasing means which is a conical spring for biasing the pawl engaging means toward the engaged position; whereby pivotal movement of the handle from the closed to the open position when the latch is in the latched position provides for actuation of the trigger such that the pawl engaging means is slideably displaced away from the pawl and releases the pawl such that the pawl biasing means rotates the pawl to the unlatched position.