Patent ID: 7168745

Claim:
A device for latching a cabinet door against an enclosure, said device comprising a hook on one of said door and said enclosure, a moveable latch member in the other of said door and said enclosure wherein one of said hook and said latch member is moveable toward and away from said other of said hook and said latch member as said door is opened and closed against said enclosure, said latch member moveable between a first latching position and a second release position, engagement means on said latch member for engaging said hook when said latch member is in said first position for retaining said door against said enclosure, means for urging said latch member toward said first position, a cam on said one of said door and said enclosure, said cam having an axis about which said cam is rotatable and a cam surface having a component parallel to said axis, said latch member having a contact surface for engaging said cam surface and causing rotation of said cam as said door is closed against said enclosure wherein said rotation of said cam moves said latch member from said first position to said second position.