Latches with receivers to releasably engage anchor points

A latch device transitionable between an open configuration and a latched configuration, comprising:

• a receiver disposed along a first shaft and including a first lobe and a second lobe opposite the first lobe, the first lobe and the second lobe defining a first recess, the receiver interacting with an anchor point which is part of an object to be secured by being inserted into the latch device and which moves between a first position and a second position, the first lobe releasably engaging the anchor point within the first recess of the receiver to hold the anchor point in the first position when the latch is in the latched configuration and the second lobe releasing the anchor point such that the anchor point moves and returns to the second position, thereby disengaging the anchor point from the first recess as the latch transitions from the latched configuration to the open configuration;
• wherein, in the open configuration, the first lobe and the second lobe are oriented in a same direction relative to a main body of the receiver, and
• wherein the receiver includes a second recess;
• a torque member disposed along a second shaft and rotatably coupled to the receiver;
• a handle disposed along a third shaft and rotatably coupled to the torque member;
• and
• a lockout member disposed along a fourth shaft and having a pin to engage the receiver when the latch device is in the open configuration,
• wherein the pin is positioned to engage the second recess of the receiver when the latch is in the open configuration, and
• wherein the lockout member further comprises a release lobe positioned to interface with the anchor point and allow the anchor point to push and rotate the lockout member, such that the pin is disengaged from the second recess of the receiver when the anchor point moves into the first recess as the latch transitions from the open configuration to the latched configuration.

A method for operating a latch transitionable between an open configuration and a latched configuration, the method comprising:

• rotating a handle of the latch in a first direction to transition the latch into the open configuration and in a second direction to transition the latch into the latched configuration;
• rotating a torque member of the latch by the rotation of the handle;
• and
• rotating a receiver by the rotation of the torque member, the receiver including a first lobe, a second lobe, and a first recess defined by the first lobe and the second lobe, the rotation of the receiver including:
• the first lobe engaging an anchor point that transitions between a first position and a second position, the first lobe holding the anchor point in the first position within the first recess as the latch rotates into the latched configuration, wherein the anchor point is part of an object to be secured by being inserted into the latch;
• the second lobe releasing the anchor point from the first recess and into the second position as the latch transitions into the open configuration;
• wherein the rotation of the receiver moves the first lobe and the second lobe such that the first lobe and the second lobe point in a same direction in the latched configuration;
• wherein the receiver includes a second recess;
• wherein the latch includes a lockout member comprising a pin and a release lobe, the pin positioned to engage the second recess of the receiver when the latch is in the open configuration;
• and
• wherein the method further comprises allowing the anchor point to push and rotate the lockout member to cause the pin to be disengaged from the second recess of the receiver when the anchor point moves into the first recess.