Locking device with releasable latching means

Details Locking device with releasable latching means Locking device with releasable latching means

2007-02-27

2007-02-27

Estremsky, Gary (Department: 3676)

Closure fasteners

Trippers

Spring-arm detent

C292S335000, C292S173000, C070S208000

Reexamination Certificate

active

10970582

ABSTRACT:
A locking device of a cover for closing an opening in a wall of a storing compartment. The locking device comprises a casing disposed within said cover, a handle pivotally mounted in said casing so as to be manually pivotal between an extended position and a retracted position in order to allow for lifting said cover from said opening and, respectively, inserting said cover into said opening, a locking bar slidably mounted in said casing so as to be displaceable between a locking position for locking said cover to said wall and an unlocking position for releasing said cover, a return spring for biasing said locking bar from said unlocking position towards said locking position, and latching means arranged to arrest said locking bar in said unlocking position when said cover has been lifted from said opening, and to release said cover when said cover has been inserted into said opening.

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