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US 2003/0218340 A1Published application
Latch arrangement
OwnerPeter Coleman, Gurbinder Kalsiinventors
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Abstract
A latch arrangement includes a latch and a release mechanism. The arrangement is operable such that with the latch in an unlocked latched first condition, an initial actuation of the release mechanism changes the state of the latch to a latched second condition, which is different from the first condition. A subsequent actuation of the release mechanism unlatches the latch.
Claims23
A latch arrangement comprising:
- a latch and a release mechanism operable such that with said release mechanism in an openable first condition and with the latch fully latched, an initial actuation of the release mechanism changes the state of the release mechanism to an openable second condition, distinct from the openable first condition, and with the latch remaining fully latched;
- and
- wherein a subsequent actuation of the release mechanism unlatches the latch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.