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US 4,273,368 AGranted
Dual latching mechanism for a flexible deck lid
AssigneeAmerican Safety Equipment Corporation
InventorAkira Tanaka
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AssigneeAmerican Safety Equipment Corporation
InventorAkira Tanaka
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A dual latching mechanism is provided for latching two spaced locations of a flexible lid to a pair of similarly spaced anchors of a compartment to which the flexible lid is movably mounted. The latching mechanism has two latches mounted on the lid by housings each including a pawl pivotally mounted which is spring biased for movement, when released, to an anchor release position and a blocking dog which is spring biased to a pawl blocking position for locking the pawl to its respective anchor. The latches are interconnected by a latch control which includes two rigid links each link having its outer end connected pivotally to a blocking dog and each having its inner end connected by way of an actuator pin to a key operated lock cylinder which is mounted on the flexible lid. The rigid links are connected so as to maintain axial rigidity for operating the two latches concurrently while having the required flexibility necessary to operate two latches on a flexible lid.
A dual latching mechanism for latching two spaced locations of a flexible lid to a pair of similarly spaced anchors of a compartment to which said lid is movably mounted, said latching mechanism comprising:
A dual latching lightweight closure for a vehicle trunk compartment or the like comprising:
A dual latching mechanism for use in combination with a flexible lightweight plastic trunk lid for an automobile trunk compartment or the like and a pair of lid anchors positioned in said compartment, said mechanism comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.