Patent ID: 7206181

Claim:
A latch device comprising: a display apparatus having a display apparatus body for being installed in a ceiling portion of a vehicle and a display section rotatably connectable to said apparatus body to move between a retracted position in said display apparatus body and an extended position away from said display apparatus body, a plunger section, fixed to sad display apparatus body, said plunger section driving an actuator section in response to input signals, pressing means that is bent by movement of said actuator section, said pressing means driving a slider in response to being bent, said slider, the movement of which is restricted by a bending of said pressing means, drives a latch section, said latch section projects toward the display section when the display section is in the retracted position in said display apparatus body in accordance with movement of said slider, said latch section has an upper latch and a lower latch, said upper latch and said lower latch are engaged with each other via balls so as to interlock, a projection section fitted into a recessed section of said display section and an inclined section making contact with an end portion if said slider are formed on said upper latch and said lower latch, and said latch section is configured so that said upper latch and said lower latch move in response to movement of said slider.