Releasable latch assembly
AssigneeSun Metal Products, Inc.
InventorJoseph H. Krenz
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Abstract
A latch assembly for connecting adjacent parts together in angular relationship to one another, includes interengaged latch elements having aligned and elongated openings therein respectively sloping inwardly toward one another. A latch pin having an elongated cross-sectional width extends through the aligned openings to thereby effectively resist forces tending to pull the latch elements apart.
Claims10
A latch assembly for releasably connecting adjacent parts together in an angular relationship, comprising a pair of latch elements each of which includes a base plate and at least one flange expending perpendicularly thereto, said flanges having openings elongated along lines respectively sloping toward planes containing said base plates and toward free ends of said flanges, said flanges overlapping at said free ends with said openings in axial alignment, said lines of said openings being coincident when said base plates are disposed at an angle to one another, and a releasable pin member extending through said aligned openings, said pin member having a cross-sectional width extending along said coincident lines, whereby forces tending to separate said latch elements along said coincident lines are strongly resisted by said pin member.
In a container having end walls and an enclosed side wall, at least one band surrounding said side wall for holding it in place, said band having opposite ends respectively secured to adjacent parts of said side wall for movement of said parts away from one another during an inspection of the contents of the container, a latch assembly comprising a pair of latch elements having base plates securable to said opposite ends of said band, at least one flange on each said base plate extending perpendicular thereto, said flanges being in overlapped relationship and having aligned elongated openings therein respectively extending along lines lying at angles to said base plates, said lines of openings being coincident when said base plates are disposed at an angle to one another, and a releasable pin member extending through said aligned openings, said pin member having a cross-sectional width extending along said coincident lines, whereby forces tending to separate said latch elements along said coincident lines are strongly resisted by said pin member.
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