Patent ID: 7861563

Claim:
A dual locking system capable of limiting the movement of a pawl on a latch, the dual locking system comprising: a housing; a shuttle having two ends wherein a stop is present at one end and a catch is present at the second end, wherein said shuttle is capable of actuating between an engaged position wherein said catch prevents movement of the pawl and an unengaged position wherein said catch does not prevent movement of the pawl; a first actuator, said first actuator comprising a lock plug and a lock pawl, said lock plug having a top surface that is exposed through said housing and an opposing bottom surface between the top surface and the shuttle, wherein said lock plug and lock pawl rotate about a shared longitudinal center axis that is parallel to and extends between said stop and said catch, said lock pawl having a tooth being capable of actuating said shuttle, such that said shuttle slides beneath said bottom surface and between the engaged position wherein said tooth contacts said catch and the unengaged position wherein said tooth contacts said stop; and a second actuator connected to said shuttle, said second actuator being capable of actuating said shuttle between said engaged and unengaged position when said lock pawl tooth is in a neutral position, wherein said neutral position is any position in which said lock pawl tooth is not maintaining said shuttle in the engaged or unengaged position.