Patent ID: 6942259

Claim:
A latch assembly for a movable closure element, said latch assembly comprising: a housing; a first rotor movable relative to the housing selectively between a) a first latched position and b) a release position, the first rotor having a first throat to receive a strike element, the first rotor biased toward the release position; and an operating assembly having a latched state and an unlatched state, the operating assembly in the latched state releasably maintaining the first rotor in the first latched position, the operating assembly comprising a catch arm that is movable relative to the housing from a first position into a second position to thereby change the operating assembly from the latched state into the unlatched state, the operating assembly further comprising a catch block that is movable floatingly relative to the catch arm from a) an engaged position with the catch arm in the first position into b) a disengaged position as an incident of the catch arm moving from its first position into its second position, the catch block in the engaged position causing the first rotor to be maintained in the first latched position, wherein the catch block is mounted to the catch arm for pivoting movement relative to the catch arm around an axis and for translatory movement relative to the catch arm transversely to the axis.