Patent ID: 8316674

Claim:
A lock which includes: a body; a first member which is longitudinally displaceable relative to the body along a longitudinal axis from a rest position, towards which it is biased, to a displaced position; a second member which is longitudinally in register with the first member, the second member being longitudinally displaceable relative to the body between a rest position and a displaced position and the first and second members being longitudinally displaceable relative to each other; bias means biasing the first and second members longitudinally away from one another; retaining means which is displaceable from a locked position, in which it inhibits longitudinal displacement of the second member away from its rest position, to a released position, in which it permits longitudinal displacement of the second member away from its rest position; and an actuator mounted on the body for pivotable displacement about a pivot axis between a rest position towards which it is biased by an actuator bias means and a displaced position, the actuator defining a cam surface which when the actuator is pivotally displaced about the pivot axis from its rest position towards its displaced position abuts against an outer end of the first member and displaces the first member longitudinally along the longitudinal axis from its rest position towards the displaced position.