Patent ID: 7311341

Claim:
A child safety mechanism for a latch for a vehicle door, the child safety mechanism comprising: an inside release link; a wedge block; and a wedge block support, wherein the wedge block is movable on the wedge block support between a first position wherein the wedge block moves the inside release link to a child safety off position and the inside release link is thereby actuable by a linkage for connection to an inside door handle to allow the latch to be released and a second position wherein wedging action of the wedge block moves the inside release link into a child safety on position and prevents the inside release link from being actuated by the linkage, wherein the wedge block support is a retention plate, and the retention plate includes a shut face potion arranged to be substantially aligned with a shut face of the vehicle door and an inside face portion arranged to be substantially aligned with an inside face of the vehicle door.