Closure fasteners – Bolts – Multiple
Patent
1995-10-23
1997-07-15
Lindsey, Rodney M.
Closure fasteners
Bolts
Multiple
292 80, E05C 1906
Patent
active
056476183
ABSTRACT:
An infant safety latch mechanism designed to be mounted within the interior of an enclosure for preventing children from gaining access into the enclosure. Specifically, the latch mechanism requires an adult size hand to operate so that the enclosure cannot be opened by a young child or infant. The latch mechanism can be mounted to a wide variety of enclosures, including drawers, cabinets with sliding doors and cabinets with swinging door. The latch mechanism includes a cleat with a pair of first latching elements mounted to a first part of the enclosure, a mounting guide secured to a second part of the enclosure, and a clip with a pair of second latching elements slidably mounted to the mounting guide. The second latching elements have release arms for moving the latching elements of the clip from a latched position to an unlatched position. The difference between the release arms should be sufficiently spread apart so that an adult size hand is required to squeeze the release arms together for unlatching the clip from the cleat. The cleat can also be provided with a safety tab, which is located between the latching elements such that the safety tab must first be depressed before the latching elements of the clip can be disengaged from the latching elements of the cleat.
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