Patent ID: 8789856

Claim:
An apparatus for latching a cover into a closed orientation with respect to a unit; said unit containing equipment within a volume and presenting a chassis face toward said cover with said cover generally in register with said chassis face in said closed orientation; said cover being rotatably affixed with said unit at a first end for swinging movement between an open orientation and said closed orientation; the apparatus comprising: a receiving aperture and an engaging structure; said engaging structure being substantially entirely situated between said chassis face and said cover in said closed orientation such that said engaging structure does not extend into said volume of said unit; and said receiving aperture and said engaging structure cooperating to orient said engaging structure for holding said cover in said closed orientation when said receiving aperture and said engaging structure are in a first orientation with said engaging structure extending within said receiving aperture in a latching position; said receiving aperture and said engaging structure cooperating to release said holding of said cover when said receiving aperture and said engaging structure are in a second orientation with said engaging structure outside said receiving aperture; and a latching bias member coupled to and oriented substantially parallel with said chassis face, said engaging structure coupled to said latching bias member, said latching bias member urging said engaging structure toward said first orientation.