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US 6,203,075 B1Granted
Front opening container latch
AssigneeHardigg Industries, Inc.
InventorsRobert L. Wells, Jr., James S. Hardigg, David B. Neal, Mark C. Gaydos
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Abstract
A latch is disclosed incorporating features allowing complete actuation i.e., engagement and disengagement of a latching hook on the side of the container from a latch handle on the face of the container thus allowing actuation of the latch hook even when the latch hook is itself inaccessible. The latch also features variability in the stroke of the hook and a design allowing its construction from plastic material.
Claims14
A single plane operated dual plane latch comprising:
- a latch base adapted to be disposed on a first plane;
- a hook operably connected to said latch base at an articulation point and adapted to extend along a second plane, said second plane being substantially perpendicular to said first plane;
- a strike adapted to be mounted to said second plane and adapted to selectively be engaged by said hook;
- a latch lever including a lever pin, said latch lever being adapted to have a securing lip for releasably securing said latch lever to said latch base;
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- wherein said articulation point includes a hook pin and said latch base includes an L-shaped groove in which said lever pin and said hook pin move, said lever pin is of a generally triangular shape selected to maintain said lever pin in predetermined areas of said L-shaped groove.
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A latch comprising:
- a base attachable to a first plane;
- a latch lever in operable communication with said base;
- a spring lever including a deflecting cam in operable communication with said latch lever;
- a hook in operable communication with said latch lever and selectively attachable to a second plane, said hook including one of a landing and an opening formed on a distal end thereof;
- a strike attachable to said second plane, said strike being selectively engageable by said hook;
- a spring mounted to said base and in operable communication with said spring lever and said hook, said spring includes an elongated tongue in operable communication with one of said landing and said opening,
- said spring is selectively biased by said deflecting cam, thereby urging said hook to disengage from said strike;
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- wherein said tongue selectivly urges said hook into engagement with said strike when said spring is not biased by said deflecting cam, and said tongue comes into contact with one of said landing and said opening when said spring is biased by said deflecting cam.
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A container latch operable from a single surface comprising:
- a latch body having a base, a latch lever articulated in said base, a spring lever articulated in said latch lever and a spring mounted in said base and in operable communication with said spring lever;
- a hook having a first catch and a pin, said pin being operably received in said latch lever;
- a strike having a second catch complimentary to said first catch whereby when said hook is oriented to catch said strike, a reliable hold down anchor is provided;
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- wherein said base and said hook are oriented substantially perpendicular to one another.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.