Lock striker with retractable keeper bar
AssigneeNissan Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsJiro Tanaka, Yoshimasa Tsuchiya
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Abstract
A bracket is secured to a wall member of a luggage compartment to define therebetween an enclosed space within which a swingable plate is disposed. A keeper bar secured to the swingable plate is projectable beyond the bracket into the compartment when the swingable plate is swung to a first predetermined position and is retractable into the enclosed space when the swingable plate is swung to a second predetermined position. A spring is arranged to bias the swingable plate to swing toward the first predetermined position holding the keeper bar to project into the compartment. If the keeper bar having been projected is pushed against the force of the spring, it is retracted into the space.
Claims10
A mechanism for latching a first member to a second member, comprising:
- a bracket secured to said second member to define a certain space between said bracket and said second member;
- a base member stationarily disposed in said space;
- a swingable plate swingably supported at a portion thereof by said base member, said plate being swingable between first and second positions in said space;
- a keeper bar secured to said plate, said keeper bar being projected beyond said bracket when said plate takes said first position and being retracted into said space when said plate takes said second position;
- biasing means for biasing said plate to swing in a direction to take said first position;
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- a hook member connected to said first member, said hook member being engageable with said keeper bar in its projecting state to latch said first member to said second member when said first member is moved toward said second member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.