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US 9,199,370 B2Granted
Latch mechanism for front opening lid
AssigneeSnap-on Incorporated
InventorJeffrey L. Crull
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Abstract
A latch with a handle that is elastically biased in the closed position. The latch is attached to the lid via a handle, and when the handle is disengaged from the lid, the latch can be rotated away from the lid. Upon rotating the latch away from the lid, hooks on the latch will disengage with a receiving portion of a case, thereby allowing the lid to be removed from the case.
Claims6
A latch combination comprising:
- a pin coupled to a lid;
- a main body including a hook extending in a first direction;
- and
- a handle movable relative to the pin, the handle being coupled to the main body and including a retaining member extending from the handle in a second direction opposite the first direction, the retaining member removably engaging and disengaging the pin upon selective movement of the handle, wherein the handle is biased toward the pin with a bias member such that the retaining member removably engages the pin with a bias, and disengages the pin against the bias,
- wherein the hook engages with a receiving portion of the case to removably couple the lid to the case when the retaining member is engaged with the pin.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.