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US 7,441,812 B2Granted
Linear compression latch
AssigneeSouthco, Inc.
InventorsThomas Welsh, Eric D. Hyp, Richard C. Saile
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Abstract
A linear compression latch includes a lever handle linked to a pawl. As the latch is opened, the pawl is initially constrained to move vertically within a carriage. After an intermediate position is achieved, the pawl is constrained to move horizontally within the carriage.
Claims8
A linear compression latch comprising;
- a housing;
- a lever handle rotatable by an operator between a first position and a second position, the lever handle being mounted in the housing;
- a pawl mounted for substantially linear motion, the pawl being actuated by rotation of the lever handle and traveling substantially linearly between an open position to a closed position as the lever handle is rotated between the first position to second position;
- wherein the pawl is mounted to travel between the open position along a first path and an intermediate position;
- and
- wherein the pawl is mounted to travel in a second path in an upward direction substantially perpendicular to the first path between the intermediate position and the closed position.
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A linear compression latch comprising:
- a housing;
- a lever handle rotatable by an operator between a first position and a second position, the lever handle being mounted in the housing;
- a pawl mounted for substantially linear motion, the pawl being actuated by rotation of the lever handle and traveling substantially linearly between an open position to a closed position as the lever handle is rotated between the first position to second position;
- wherein the pawl is mounted to travel between the open position along a first path and an intermediate position;
- wherein the pawl is mounted to travel in a linear second path in an upward direction substantially perpendicular to the first path between the intermediate position and the closed position;
- and
- a carriage, the carriage being mounted for linear motion within the housing, the pawl being mounted within the carriage.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.