Latch
AssigneeHampton Products International Corporation
InventorsChia-Hung LIN, Mark EMORY
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Abstract
A latch assembly comprises a housing, a latch movable at least partially within the housing from a retracted position to an extended position, and a cam rotatably secured to a cavity inside the housing. The latch comprises a cutout having two cam surfaces diverging from a back end to two front ends of the cam surfaces. The cam comprises a nose engaged with at least one cam surface at the back end when the latch is in the extended position, and engaged with one of the cam surfaces towards the front end of one of the cam surfaces.
Claims12
A latch assembly comprising a housing, a latch movable at least partially within the housing from an extended position to a retracted position, and a cam rotatably secured to a cavity inside the housing, the latch comprising a cutout having two cam surfaces diverging between a back end to a front end of the cam surfaces, the cam comprising a nose engaged with at least one cam surface at the back end when the latch is in the extended position, and engaged with one of the cam surfaces towards the front end of one of the cam surfaces in the retracted position.
A latch assembly comprising a housing, a latch comprising a cam surface extending between a first end of the latch and a second end of the latch, and a cam, wherein a portion of the cam slides along the cam surface of the latch to retract the latch at least partially inside the housing between an extended position and a retracted position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.