Crib drop side latch

A fixed support, a member slidable thereon, a rod on the support guiding the member as it slides relative to the support, a notch in the rod, said member including a rail at right angles to the support, the rail having an underside,

• a latch, said latch comprising an inverted channel having a closed bottom secured to the underside of the rail, a pair of spaced legs extending from the bottom of the channel, a second channel associated with the first named channel, the second channel having a bottom closing the first channel and a pair of spaced legs extending from the bottom of the second channel, said legs nesting with the legs of the first named channel, a rivet passing through the legs of the first channel in fixed relation thereto, aligned slots in the legs of the second channel, said rivet passing through the slots for relative motion of the channels, a spring between the bottom of the channels normally holding the second channel in extended relation to a first channel but secured thereto by the rivet,
• a pair of spaced projections on the second channel, one projection facing the bottom of the first channel, a hole in the latter, the said one projection normally extending into the hole and engaging the underside of the rail,
• the other projection engaged in the notch, whereby the member is fixed to the support but is releasable therefrom by raising the member to disengage the one projection from the hole in the bottom of the first channel and thereby allowing manual pressure on the bottom of the second channel to pivot the latter on the rivet disengaging the second projection from the notch and thereby freeing the member from the support.