Latch assembly

A latch assembly comprising:

• a chassis;
• a latch bolt, movably mounted on the chassis and having a closed position for retaining a striker and an open position for releasing the striker;
• and
• a pawl having an engaged position at which the pawl is engaged with the latch bolt to hold the latch bolt in the closed position and a disengaged position at which the pawl is disengaged from the latch bolt, thereby allowing the latch bolt to move to the open position,
• wherein the pawl is rotatably mounted to the latch assembly via a pawl pivot pin secured to the chassis, wherein the pawl rotates about a pawl axis of the pivot pin,
• wherein the pawl pivot pin is movably received in a pawl pin orifice of the pawl, the pawl pin orifice including an arcuate portion defined by a radius extending from the pawl axis and wherein another arcuate portion extends from the arcuate portion and is defined by another radius extending from the pawl axis, the another radius being greater than the radius of the arcuate portion of the pawl pin orifice, and
• wherein an area of the pawl pin orifice is greater than an area of a circle defined by the radius of the arcuate portion of the pawl pin orifice, wherein friction between the pawl and the pawl pivot pin is reduced as the pawl pivot pin primarily contacts the arcuate portion of the pawl pin orifice.