Patent ID: 8534720

Claim:
A safety closure system for a front hood of a motor vehicle, comprising: a catch hook swivelable about a catch hook axis; a substantially U-shaped striker located on the front hood and having a middle limb; a rotary latch swivelable about a rotary latch axis and having a fork-shaped recess adapted to a shape of the striker; and a retaining pawl swivelable about a retaining pawl axis and operable by at least one of (a) a Bowden cable and (b) an electromotive drive; wherein the rotary latch is adapted to receive the middle limb of the substantially U-shaped striker to operatively connect to the striker in a closed position of the front hood; wherein the catch hook is adapted to operatively connect to the striker upon release of retention of the front hood by the rotary latch to perform a safety function; and wherein the catch hook is swivelable, independently of the rotary latch, about the catch hook axis, the catch hook axis being coincident with the rotary latch axis.