Lid connection assembly

Abstract

A latch assembly and storage systems having a latch assembly are provided. In one embodiment, the latch assembly is coupled to a housing and a lid on the housing. The latch assembly includes a connecting ring having a first portion disposed within a guide track in the housing and a second portion coupled to the lid. The first portion can be configured to move from a first region of the guide track to a second region of the guide track in response to movement of the lid from the closed position to the open position, and a protrusion extending at least partially into the guide track is configured to retain the first portion within the second region of the guide track to thereby retain the lid in the open position. The lid can be moved from the open position to the closed position in response to a force applied to the lid sufficient to cause the protrusion to deflect and thereby allow the first portion of the connecting ring to move from the second region of the guide track to the first region of the guide track.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.