Latching device for apertured members

A latching device for latching a slider of a zipper comprising a base, a housing mounted on the base, the base having a portion extending beyond the housing, a stud mounted on the extended portion of the base, the stud formed to be received through an aperture in a zipper slider pull tab, a latch pivotally mounted on the base, the latch having a latched position at which it covers the stud and the zipper slider and an unlatched position, a pair of spaced plungers slideably disposed within the housing and having wedge-shaped end portions projecting through slots in the housing for releasably engaging cooperable cams on the underside of the latch for holding the latch in latched position, the plungers being driven into the housing by the cams when the latch is moved between latched and unlatched positions, spring means for biasing the plungers toward engagement with the cams, and resilient means biased to releasably engage a notch on each plunger to hold the plungers partially driven into the housing when the latch is in unlatched position, thereby reducing the force required to move the latch to latched position, the cams engaging the resilient means to move the resilient means to a non-engaging position with respect to the notches when the latch is moved to the latched position.

A latching device comprising a housing, a latch pivotally mounted on the housing, the latch having a latched position at which the latch is adjacent to the housing and having an unlatched position at which the latch is pivoted away from the housing, plunger means slideably related to the housing and being releasably engageable with the latch to hold the latch in latched position, the plunger means being driven into the housing by the latch when the latch moves between latched and unlatched positions, resilient means for biasing the plunger means toward engagement with the latch, and means for holding the plunger means at least partially driven into the housing when the latch is in unlatched position, thereby reducing the force required to move the latch to latched position, the holding means being biased to engage the plunger means and being held against such engagement by the latch when the latch is in the latched position and being permitted to move into said engagement when the latch is in the unlatched position.

A latching device for latching a slider of a zipper comprising a base, a housing mounted on the base, the base having a portion extending beyond the housing, a stud mounted on the extended portion of the base, the stud formed to be received through an aperture in a zipper slider pull tab, a latch pivotally mounted on the base, the latch having a latched position at which it covers the stud and the zipper slider and an unlatched position, plunger means slideably related to the housing for releasably engaging cooperable means on the latch for holding the latch in latched position, the plunger means being driven into the housing by the cooperable means when the latch is moved between latched and unlatched positions, spring means for biasing the plunger means toward engagement with the cooperable means, and locking means comprising a pivoted bolt movable to block the movement of the plunger means for locking the latch in latched position.

A latching device comprising a housing, a latch pivotally mounted on the housing, the latch having a latched position at which the latch is adjacent to the housing and having an unlatched position at which the latch is pivoted away from the housing, plunger means slideably related to the housing and being releasably engageable with the latch to hold the latch in latched position, the plunger means being driven into the housing by the latch when the latch moves between latched and unlatched positions, resilient means for biasing the plunger means toward engagement with the latch, a resilient member biased to engage the plunger means when the plunger means is driven into the housing for holding the plunger means partially driven into the housing when the latch is in unlatched position, thereby reducing the force required to move the latch to latched position, and a pivoted bolt combination lock disposed within the housing for blocking movement of the plunger means into the housing when the lock is off combination.