Luggage closing device

A piece of luggage comprising two parts connected by a hinge, one of said parts being a bottom and the other a cover, and a device for closing said piece of luggage, said closing device comprising an elongate case extending along a side of one luggage part opposite the hinge and an elongate keeper extending along a side of the other luggage part opposite the hinge and facing said case, said keeper having a plurality of spaced hasps projecting toward said case and said case having in a side facing said keeper a like plurality of apertures to receive said hasps, and closing means in said case comprising elongate latch means movable longitudinally in said case and having detent portions releasably engageable with said hasps to retain said hasps in said apertures, means biasing said latch means to hasp-retaining position and central manually operable operating means at a mid-point of said case for moving said latch means to release said hasps, said operating means comprising a push button having cam means engageable with said latch means to move said latch means longitudinally when said push button is depressed, said cam means comprising a cam slidably mounted on said push button and locking means which in one condition secures said cam to said push button for actuation of said latch means when said push button is depressed and in another condition releases said cam from said push button so that said latch means is not actuated when said push button is depressed.