Patent ID: 7059877

Claim:
An electrical connector housing member comprising a housing having an opening to an interior of the housing, a cover for closing the opening, the cover moveable between a housing opening closed position and a housing opening fully open position, a latch having a first part affixed to the cover and a second part carried by the housing, the first and second parts selectively engageable with one another at least when the cover is in the opening open position and when engaged effective to retain the cover in the opening open position with the opening open, the parts being selectively disengageable to release the cover from the opening open position, a spring biasing at least one of the parts to a position in engagement with the other paw when the cover is at the opening open position; wherein the second part is spring biased to a latching position and is positioned to be contacted by the first part as the cover is moved from the opening closed position to the opening open position, the contact effective during movement to the opening open position to move the second part against the spring bias to allow the second part to move into a position of latched engagement with the second part; wherein the second part has an actuating arm affixed thereto for selective movement of the second part from a latched position to an unlatched position freeing the first paw from engagement with the second paw allowing the cover to move from the opening open position.