Hinged panel locking assembly

A locking assembly for locking panels of a hinged panel assembly together, the hinged panel assembly having a second panel rotatably mounted to a first panel by a hinge, such that the hinged panel assembly is movable between a deployed configuration and a folded configuration;

• the locking assembly for holding the second panel in position relative to the first panel in the folded configuration and comprising:
• a male assembly configured to be rotatably mounted to the first panel;
• the male assembly having a tab rotationally fixed relative to a rotatable actuator, with the tab and the actuator configured to be disposed on opposing sides of the first panel;
• wherein the male assembly comprises a first section coupled to a second section via a fastener, the first section configured to be disposed mostly on a first side of the first panel and having the actuator, the second section configured to be disposed mostly on a second side of the first panel and having the tab;
• wherein the male assembly comprises a compressible element disposed about the fastener and configured to allow constrained longitudinal displacement of the first section relative to the second section;
• a female assembly configured to be fixedly mounted to the second panel;
• the female assembly having a recess configured to receive the tab;
• wherein the locking assembly is configured to be rotatable between a locked position and an unlocked position, while the folding panel assembly is in the folded configuration, by rotation of the actuator;
• wherein:
• in the locked position, the tab extends into the recess and is captured between the female assembly and the second panel so as to hold the second panel relative to the first panel;
• in the unlocked position, the tab is outside the recess so as to allow the second panel to rotate relative to the first panel about the hinge;
• wherein rotation of the actuator causes rotation of the tab to change the locking assembly between the locked position and the unlocked position.