Patent ID: 7441427

Claim:
A latch comprising: a bushing, said bushing having a bushing bore therethrough forming an inner bushing circumferential surface; an actuator comprising a cap portion and a cap subassembly, said cap subassembly having a stud with radial stud projections projecting therefrom and said stud having a top surface, said cap portion having a head and a pin extending therefrom wherein said pin penetrates said top surface and engages said stud , such that said head is capable of rotating on said top surface independently from said cap subassembly, and said stud and said cap portion extend into said bushing bore; a cam sleeve having a cam slot; a support base having an aperture at one end, said support base housing said actuator and said cam sleeve, wherein said cam sleeve is located between said aperture and said actuator and said cap subassembly engages said cam sleeve; a shaft having a proximal end and a distal end and a radial cross-pin between said proximal and said distal end, wherein said proximal end is adjacent to said stud of said cap subassembly, said shaft extends through said cam sleeve and said aperture in said support base, and said radial cross-pin is in contact with said cam slot of said cam sleeve; and a pawl affixed to said shaft; whereby rotation of said cap subassembly rotates said cam sleeve and said cam slot acts upon said radial cross-pin causing axial and angular movement of said shaft and consequently said pawl between latched and unlatched positions of said pawl.