Patent ID: 7070212

Claim:
A latch arrangement comprising; a latch, a release mechanism, a manually actuable element, and a control element, the latch being operable to releasably retain a striker in usc, the release mechanism being capable of being moved by the manually actuable element from a rest position through an unlocked position to a release position wherein the release mechanism unlatches the latch, the control element having a locked condition at which actuation of the manually actuable element does not cause unlatching and an unlocked condition at which during an initial movement of the manually actuable element, the release mechanism achieves the unlocked position, and during subsequent movement of the manually actuable element, the release mechanism achieves the release position, the release mechanism comprising a release link having an abutment operable to move a latch release element, movement of the release mechanism with the control element in the unlocked condition causes the abutment to move in a first path, and movement of the release mechanism with the control element in the locked condition causes the abutment to move in a second path, differing from the first path, in which the first path passes through the unlocked position of the latch release element, wherein a part of the release mechanism is retained in the rest position by a control pawl to provide for the locked condition.