Locking apparatus for case and case having the same
AssigneeSamsung SDI Co., Ltd.
InventorWon-Il Lee
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Abstract
A locking apparatus for a case and the case having the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, the locking apparatus includes an operating knob formed at an external surface of the case and a latch connected to the operating knob and configured to slide with respect to the case. The latch may include i) a body portion connected to the operating knob, ii) an opposite wall portion having opposite walls which extend from a first side of the body portion, iii) a hitch member formed on a second side of the body portion, wherein the first and second sides are opposing each other, and iv) a reinforcing member disposed between the opposite walls.
Claims18
A case having a locking apparatus, the locking apparatus comprising:
- an operating knob formed at an external surface of the case;
- a latch connected to the operating knob and configured to slide with respect to the case, wherein the latch comprises i) a body portion connected to the operating knob, ii) a wall portion having opposite walls which extend from a first side of the body portion, iii) a hitch member formed on a second side of the body portion, wherein the first and second sides are opposing each other, and iv) a reinforcing member disposed between and surrounded by the opposite walls;
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- a guide member fixedly formed in an inner surface of the case along upper and lower portions of the latch to guide the latch to slide therethrough, when the hitch member is inserted into the case to unlock the case and when at least a portion of the hitch member is exposed from the case to lock the case, wherein a groove is formed in a device which is connectable to and detachable from the case, and wherein the groove is configured to accommodate the hitch member at the position corresponding to the case and the hitch member of the latch and to detach the case from the device according to a sliding operation of the latch.
A case having a locking apparatus, wherein the locking apparatus comprises:
- a body portion connected to the operating knob;
- a wall portion having opposite walls which extend from a first side of the body portion;
- a hitch member formed on a second side of the body portion, wherein the first and second sides are opposing each other;
- a reinforcing member disposed between and surrounded by the opposite walls;
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- a guide member fixedly formed in an inner surface of the case to guide the wall portion to slide therethrough, when the hitch member is inserted into the case to unlock the case and when at least a portion of the hitch member is exposed from the case to lock the case, wherein a groove is formed in a device which is connectable to and detachable from the case, and wherein the groove is configured to accommodate the hitch member at the position corresponding to the case and the hitch member of the latch and to detach the case from the device according to a sliding operation of the latch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.