Latch assembly and a method of latching a first element to a second element

A method of releasably securing a first element to a second element, said method comprising the steps of:

• associating a first part of a latch assembly with said first element, and associating a second part of said latch assembly with said second element, said first and second parts being configured to cooperate with one another to releasably secure said first element to said second element, said second part having a catch member, and said first part having:
• a latch member adapted to releasably engage said catch member when said latch member is manipulated by a user from an unlatched configuration to a latched configuration;
• and
• a pivot pin protruding from said latch member, wherein at least one guiding recess is provided adjacent to said latch member having an elongated slide portion adapted to receive said pivot pin of said latch member to retain said latch member while allowing said latch member to:
• i. pivot about a pivot axis aligned with said pivot pin, and ii. slide along a sliding axis which is perpendicular to said pivot axis;
• and
• manipulating said latch member toward said latched configuration by sliding said latch member in a first sliding direction along said sliding axis, and pivoting said latch member in a first pivoting direction about said pivot axis which is perpendicular to said sliding axis;
• wherein said latch member is manipulable into said latched configuration in a predetermined range of contiguous positions relative to said slide portion along said sliding axis;
• and
• wherein said pivot axis is movable relative to said first part.