Integrated dual pawl latching mechanism

A storage compartment within an interior panel of a vehicle, the storage compartment including a storage compartment door being pivotable between an access position and a closed position, the storage compartment door being secured in the closed position by latching the storage compartment door to stationary strikers disposed within the interior panel, the storage compartment comprising:

• a housing including the storage compartment door for gaining access to the housing, the storage compartment door having first surface exposed to the interior of the vehicle and a second surface opposite the first surface, the storage compartment door further including an aperture extending through the first surface and the second surface, the storage compartment door further including a pocket formed over a portion of the aperture that recesses into an interior of the housing;
• a mounting bracket extending through the aperture that is fixedly mounted to the storage compartment door;
• a handle pivotably coupled to the mounting bracket, the handle pivoting between a latched position and an unlatched position,
• a undivided, one piece latching member including a main body portion, a first pliable leg portion, a second pliable leg portion, a first post portion, and a second post portion, the latching member being retained in the pocket of the storage compartment door, the latching member being at a relaxed position when the handle is in the latched position and at a flexed position when the handle is in the unlatched position, the first post member and the second post member being in extended post positions when the latching member is in the relaxed position, and wherein the first and second post members being in retracted post positions when the latching member is in the flexed position;
• wherein the handle includes at least one abutment member for displacing the main body portion of the latching member as the handle is pivoted from the latched position to the unlatched position, wherein the displacement of the main body portion causes the first pliable leg portion and the second pliable leg portion to resiliently retract, and wherein the retraction of the first pliable leg portion and the second pliable leg portion retracts the first post member from the first striker and second post member from the second striker for allowing the storage compartment door to move to an access position.