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US 5,856,038 AGranted
Retention latch
AssigneeBlack & Decker Inc.
InventorNeil Mason
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Abstract
A retention latch (2) for a device (28) comprises a biasing spring (4) arranged to force arm members (2) into engagement with a battery (14) thereby to prevent the battery being removed from the device (28). The user moves the retention latch via detent member (8) against the force of the spring (4) thereby to move the arms to disengage with the battery such that the battery may be removed from the device.
Claims6
A retention latch adapted to be positioned within a device for retaining a battery or the like in the device, the retention latch comprising:
- at least one arm member arranged for releasable engagement with a battery;
- spring means arranged for resiliently biasing the at least one arm member into engagement with a said battery, said at least one arm member formed with said spring means and said at least one arm member and spring means positioned such that said at least one arm and spring means are on the same side of the battery;
- and a manually operable detent means arranged for movement in a first direction against the force of the spring means "and away from the battery" thereby to release said battery from the at least one arm member, and for movement in a second direction under the force of the spring means into a rest position wherein said battery may be engaged by the at least one arm member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.