Vehicle latch and method of manufacturing the same

Abstract

A releasable latch has a latched condition latching two parts together of an unlatched condition releasing one part for movement relative to another part. The releasable latch (10) comprises a base (20), a catch (22), a handle (24) and a spring (72). The base (20) is fixed to one of the parts and the catch (22) is supported by the base (20) and movable relative to the base to latch and unlatch the parts. The spring (72) biases the catch (22) to a position latching the parts together. A method of making the latch (10) includes the steps of molding a base (20) of the latch (10) of a first plastic material, molding a handle (24) to the base (20) to form an assembled unit of a second plastic material, molding a catch (22) to the molded base (20) and handle (24) to form a molded assembly in a mold of said handle (24), base (20) and catch (22), of a third plastic material.

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