Latch with hold open lever

A method of disengaging a pawl from engagement with a claw a latch, comprising:

• pivotally mounting a claw movably to the latch for movement between an unlatched position and a latched position;
• pivotally mounting a pawl to the latch for movement between an engaged position and a disengaged position, wherein the pawl prevents the claw from moving from the latched position to the unlatched position when the pawl is in the engaged position;
• movably mounting a hold open lever to the latch for movement between a first position wherein the hold open lever does not block movement of the pawl and a second position, wherein the hold open lever prevents the pawl from moving from the disengaged position to the engaged position;
• rotatably mounting a gear to the latch for movement between a first position and a second position, the gear having a cam portion having a first portion that is configured to contact the pawl and move the pawl to the disengaged position as the gear rotates from the first position to the second position and the hold open lever contacts a second portion of the cam portion when the hold open lever is in the second position in order to prevent the gear from rotating from the second position to the first position;
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• biasing the hold open lever into the second position by a spring as the gear is rotated into the second position, the spring being operably coupled to the pawl at one end and the hold open lever at a second end.