Patent ID: 7293508

Claim:
A latching system comprising: a base composed of: a base bracket composed of: a first base plate; a first side plate and a second side plate extending away from the first base plate, the first side plate having a first hole and a second hole, and the second side plate having a third hole and a fourth hole; a first rod that includes: a retainer arm extending non-linearly away from the first rod, the first rod rotatably extending through the first hole in the first side plate of the bracket and the third hole in the second side plate of the base bracket, and the retainer arm being oriented by an external surface of the second side plate of the base bracket; a second rod that includes: a thin rod portion that has a first diameter; a thick rod portion that is linear with the thin rod portion, the thick rod portion having a second diameter that is greater than the first diameter of the thin rod portion, wherein the thin rod portion is extensible through the fourth hole in the second side plate, and the thick rod portion is extensible through the second hole of the first side plate; and a knob that is attached to the thick rod portion of the second rod; and a mating bracket composed of: a second base plate; a first slot plate and a second slot plate extending away from the second base plate, the first and second slot plates each having a first slot, the second slot plate having a second slot, wherein the first slot has a first slot width and the second slot has a second slot width; wherein the first slots each have a first throat width that is wide enough to permit the first rod to mate with the first slots, and wherein the second slot has a second throat width that is narrow enough to permit only the thin rod portion of the second rod to mate with the second slot in the mating bracket while preventing the thick rod portion from mating with the second slot in the mating bracket.