Closure panel retention means

Details Closure panel retention means Closure panel retention means

1981-12-31

1983-05-03

Hall, George T.

Receptacles

Closures

Having means for securing or retaining closure in its closed...

16256, B65D 4324

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043818439

ABSTRACT:
An apparatus is disclosed for the positive retention of a closure panel alternately in an open position or a closed position with respect to a compartment. The apparatus comprises push rod means, crank pin means for rotatively capturing an end of the push rod means, and resilient pocket means cupped in an adjacent inner wall of the compartment for receiving the distal end of the push rod means. The effect according to the invention is such that as the panel is alternately opened or closed, the intermittent rotary-to-reciprocal motion of the crank pin/push rod means causes the crank pin means to rotate past the dead center of the pivot means against the restorative force of the resilient pocket. The subsequent contraction of the pocket provides for positive retention of the closure panel in an open or closed position.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3093258 (1963-06-01), Turner
patent: 3923196 (1975-12-01), Miller et al.
patent: 4356594 (1982-11-01), Grosemans

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