Patent ID: 7513541

Claim:
A latch actuation mechanism for actuation with a single pushbutton, the mechanism comprising: a pair of latches, each latch comprising: at least one support plate; a latch fork pivotally supported from the support plate; a lock cam that is pivotally supported from the support plate, the lock cam being movable from a first position where the lock cam prevents rotation of the latch fork to a second position where the lock cam does not interfere with the movement of the latch fork; a spring, the spring being attached to the latch fork and the lock cam and extending between the latch fork and the lock cam, with the support plate being mounted between the spring and the latch fork, so that the spring biases the lock cam towards the first position while biasing the latch fork to a release position; and a rod that extends from each lock cam, the rod being mounted from a rotating lever to create translation motion along the rod as well as translation of the rod about the rotating lever, the rotating lever being adapted for rotating about a pivot point in response to the pressing of the pushbutton, so that the rotation of the lever moves the rod to simultaneously move both of the lock cams to the second position.