Pivoting-handle device
AssigneeSouthco, Inc.
InventorsRoger Wytcherley, Clive Morgan
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Abstract
A pivoting handle latch for attachment to a first member, such as a panel, to provide controlled actuation for facilitating attachment of the first member to a second member, such as a cabinet, the latch including a handle with a gripping portion, a based portion, a pawl member and and a first pin connecting the pawl member to the handle and extending through a slot provided in the base member to regulate the movement of the pawl when the handle is lifted from a closed horizontal position to a upright vertical position.
Claims17
A handle device for securing a first member to a second member, the handle device comprising:
- a) an actuation means for actuating said handle device, wherein said actuation means has a fastener housing comprising an aperture traversing said actuation member having a top end and a bottom end, wherein a shoulder area projects into said aperture proximate said bottom end;
- b) a housing with cam means for camming a pin to a handle;
- c) pawl means;
- d) retaining means for retaining said handle device to a first member;
- e) wherein said actuation means is pivotally mounted on said cam means;
- f) wherein said cam means is adapted for attachment to said first member with said retaining means;
- g) wherein said pawl means includes means for mounting a pawl to a handle and means for attachment to said second member;
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- h) means for securing said actuation means against movement relative to said housing.
A handle device for securing a first member to a second member comprising:
- (a) a housing traversed by a first member when installed therein, wherein said housing has a hollowed area therein;
- (b) a handle having a biasing means therein rotatively attached to said housing;
- (c) a pawl member;
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- (d) a spring clip for securing said base with a panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.