Rotating latch assembly for raising and lowering the height of a vehicle

A rotating latch assembly for raising and lowering a vehicle, the rotating latch assembly comprising:

• a lift housing disposed on a center axis and extending between a first opened end and a second opened end and defining a chamber extending therebetween;
• a support tube slidably disposed in said chamber and extending between a first end and a second end, said lift housing being movable along said support tube between an extended position and a lowered position in response to a movement provided by an actuator, said extended position being defined as said lift housing being adjacent to said first end for raising the height of the vehicle and said lowered position being defined as said lift housing being adjacent to said second end for lowering the height of the vehicle;
• a retaining member disposed between said lift housing and said support tube and attached to said support tube and said lift housing for maintaining said lift housing in said extended position and allowing said lift housing to move from said extended position to said lowered position;
• wherein said retaining member includes an inner ring and an outer ring, said inner ring being attached to said support tube and said outer ring being attached to said lift housing;
• wherein said inner ring extends between a lower end and an upper end and has an interior surface and an exterior surface with said interior surface and said exterior surface extending about the center axis;
• wherein said rotating latch assembly includes a plurality of inner ring teeth circumferentially spaced from one another, extending radially outwardly from said exterior surface along said center axis to a terminal end and defining a plurality of slots between said inner ring teeth, circumferentially spaced from one another, extending along the center axis;
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• wherein said terminal end for each of said inner ring teeth defines a cavity of generally V-shape extending along said center axis toward the lower end and having a nadir axially spaced from said terminal end.