Patent ID: 8291555

Claim:
A latch assembly for releasably engaging an anchor in vehicle, the latch assembly comprising: a frame having a first jaw; a latch movably coupled to the frame and having a second jaw with a tip portion, wherein the first and second jaws cooperate to retain the anchor when the latch is in a first latch position; an actuator operably coupled to the latch, wherein movement of the actuator from a first actuator position toward a second actuator position rotates the latch away from the first latch position toward a second latch position about a first pivot point spaced apart from the tip portion of the second jaw, and wherein continued movement of the actuator from the second actuator position toward a third actuator position rotates the latch away from the second latch position toward a third latch position about a second pivot point spaced apart from the first pivot point; and a blocker movably coupled to the frame proximate the latch, wherein the blocker moves from a first blocker position toward a second blocker position when the latch rotates from the second latch position toward the third latch position, and wherein the blocker prevents rotation of the latch from the third latch position toward the second latch position when the blocker is in the second blocker position.