Releasing latch assembly for picnic coolers
AssigneeColeman Outdoor Products, Inc.
InventorDavid D. Woodruff
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Abstract
A safety latch assembly for a picnic cooler includes a latch spring which is slidably mounted in a latch cover before the latch cover is attached to the lid of the cooler. The latch cover includes top, bottom, and side walls which provide a recess for the latch spring. A pair of ribs extend upwardly from the bottom wall adjacent the side walls, and a plurality of ribs extend downwardly from the top wall. The latch spring includes a flat mounting portion which is positioned between the top and bottom ribs and an L-shaped strike portion which extends downwardly from the mounting portion. The mounting portion terminates in a pair of V-shaped end portions which are positioned between the bottom ribs and the side walls of the latch cover.
Claims10
A safety latch assembly for a cooler having a container body and a lid, the safety latch assembly including a handle mounted on the lid and being provided with a recess which opens toward the lid and which is closed by the lid when the handle is mounted on the lid,
- a flexible and resilient latch spring position within the recess in the handle and being retained within the handle by the lid, the latch spring including a mounting portion which is slidably positioned within the recess of the handle before the handle is mounted on the lid and a strike portion which extends downwardly from the mounting portion and the handle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.