Patent ID: 7540364

Claim:
A trigger latch assembly for a case having two mating portions comprising: a latch cover adapted for pivotal movement about a fixed pivot rod on a first of the two portions; a latch trigger having forward and rear portions, said latch trigger being pivotally attached to the underside of said latch cover and adapted for pivotal movement between at least first and second positions about a pivot pin on the latch cover; a latch trigger biasing member attached to said pivot pin and engaging both said latch trigger and said latch cover and biasing the forward portion of said latch trigger away from said latch cover, the underside of the forward portion of the latch trigger providing a finger actuator surface; and said latch trigger further comprising a generally perpendicularly extending trigger engagement member having a detent for releasable engagement with a catch on the second portion to be latched to the first portion, the engagement member moving the second portion together with the first portion to latch the two portions together, said trigger engagement member and detent pivotably movable away from the catch when the forward portion of the latch trigger is moved towards the latch cover by compression of the latch trigger biasing member.