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US 4,365,490 AGranted
Locking device for use on suitcases
OwnerStephane Manzoniinventor
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Abstract
A locking device for use on suitcases comprising two keepers, each having a lateral notch and with an outermost surface inclined to form a cam, two lock-staples inside of which are engaged the keepers, latch hooks pivotally mounted in the lock-staples, which hooks are adapted to engage in the notches provided in the keepers under the action of elastic members when the suitcase is in its closed position, the latch hooks being connected to an opening control bar and to a locking bar, both bars being mounted for axial sliding movement inside a housing of the suitcase.
Claims8
A locking device for use in suitcases, comprising:
- a housing including two elements adapted to be assembled,
- keepers in one of said elements, each keeper having a lateral notch and an outermost surface inclined to form a cam,
- lock-staples in the other of said elements, each lock-staple adapted to engage a respective keeper therein, latch hooks, each pivotally mounted inside a respective one of said lock-staples and adapted to be engaged in a notch provided in a respective keeper,
- elastic members, each associated with a latch hook for biasing the associated latch hook in said notch provided in said respective keeper,
- an opening control bar axially slidably mounted within said housing and selectively engageable with said latch hooks, and
- a locking bar axially slidably mounted within said housing and selectively engageable with said latch hooks.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.