Patent ID: 8210579

Claim:
An automatic latch, comprising: a first body including an opening therein, the first body including a cam structure; a second body; a pivoted structure pivotally connected with respect to the second body, the pivoted structure having a protrusion and a cam surface; a first spring portion operatively connected with the pivoted structure such that the pivoted structure is biased in a first pivot direction by the first spring portion, the cam structure being movable into engagement with the cam surface to force the pivoted structure to pivot in a second pivot direction opposite the first pivot direction and against the bias of the first spring portion, until the protrusion can be moved into the opening, whereupon the first spring portion moves the pivoted structure in the first pivot direction so that the protrusion is moved into the opening and thereby forms a locked configuration between the first body and the second body; and a second spring portion that biases the first body away from the second body when the automatic latch is in the locked configuration such that when the protrusion is moved out of the opening, the second spring portion moves the first body away from the second body, wherein the first spring portion and the second spring portion are integrally formed as a single body.