Latch mechanism

In an automobile:

• a luggage compartment to be closed by a lid;
• a passenger compartment;
• a latch mechanism having a latch member mounted within said luggage compartment, an open member mounted within said luggage compartment, said latch and open members being in conjoint action in a first condition and out of conjoint action in a second condition, whereby when in said first condition, said open member is operable to move said latch to its open position and when in said second condition said open member is inoperable to move said latch to its open position, and manually operable means for selectively rendering said latch and open members to the first and second conditions, said manually operable means being mounted within said luggage compartment so that when said lid is closed, said manually operable means is inaccessible for being manually operated;
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• control means mounted within said passenger compartment for actuating said open member, said control means being operable from said passenger compartment only, whereby when said lid is closed with said manually operable means conditioned to render said latch and open members to the second condition, manual operation of said control means is inoperative to move said latch member to its open position.