Patent ID: 8333413

Claim:
A latch, comprising: a chassis defining a recess; a bolt biased towards an extended position and slidably received by the recess, the bolt comprising a passage through which a plunger extends, the bolt further comprising a notch; a cover mounted to the chassis, the cover comprising a handle coupled to the bolt for moving the bolt to a retracted position when the handle pivots away from the cover; the plunger being biased towards an extended position and slidably received in the passage, the plunger comprising a guide; a rotary latch pivotally connected to the chassis opposite the bolt and plunger from the handle so that the rotary latch is disposed between the chassis and both the plunger and bolt and so both the plunger and bolt are disposed between the handle and the rotary latch, the rotary latch also comprising a guide slot for accommodating the guide of the plunger, the rotary latch further comprising a protrusion that rotates towards and into the notch when the bolt is in the retracted position and the plunger is in the extended position; the bolt is moved towards the retracted position when the handle is actuated, as the bolt is moved towards the retracted position, the plunger remains in the extended position and the bolt slides inwardly towards the chassis against a first spring bias and the protrusion of the rotary latch rotates and engages the notch in the bolt as the protrusion of the rotary latch rotates towards the notch, retaining the bolt in the retracted position; and to release the bolt to be movable to the extended position, the plunger is pressed inwardly towards the chassis against a second spring bias which causes the rotary latch to rotate and the protrusion of the rotary latch to disengage from the notch, thereby releasing the bolt and allowing the bolt to slide along the chassis under influence of the first spring bias.