Patent ID: 8523249

Claim:
A latch assembly, comprising: a bolt head defining an opening through the bolt head; a latch tail slidably disposed in the opening in the bolt head for relative axial movement of the bolt head along the latch tail, the latch tail including a stop adjacent an outer end, the stop having a larger cross-sectional area than the remaining portion of the latch tail and which is larger than the cross-sectional area of the opening in the bolt head for preventing further axial movement of the bolt head along the latch tail in a first direction at a first relative axial position of the bolt head and the latch tail where the bolt head engages the stop such that the latch tail cannot be removed from the bolt head in the first direction, and where the bolt head and the latch tail are rotatable relative to one another such that the bolt head may be rotated to a selected position; a spring clip movably associated with the bolt head and having a blocking surface; and means for biasing the spring clip to a blocking position where the blocking surface partially closes the opening in the bolt head and engages the surface of the latch tail for releasably connecting the latch tail in the opening in the bolt head at a second relative axial position where the bolt head and the latch tail are connected for movement together in both axial directions.