Toggle latch with spring catch

Details Toggle latch with spring catch Toggle latch with spring catch

1980-03-13

1982-10-05

Moore, Richard E.

Closure fasteners

Bolts

Hooked end

292107, 292DIG49, E05C 502

Patent

active

043525130

ABSTRACT:
A toggle latch for fastening two members together. The latch includes a base adapted to be coupled to one member to be fastened and a draw bar connected to the base and having a free end for engagement with the other member to be fastened. A lever having an opening therein is connected to the draw bar and the base and is pivotable to shift the draw bar between open and closed positions to unfasten and fasten the two members respectively. A spring catch is provided having an anchor portion affixed to the lever. A resilient intermediate portion of the spring catch extends from the anchor portion and terminates in an actuator arm projecting through the opening in the lever. The resilient intermediate portion biases the actuator arm in one direction and permits the arm to be moved in a second direction. At least one finger is on the spring catch in position to engage with one of the base and draw bar when the lever is pivoted to the closed position and the actuator arm is biased in one direction to prevent pivoting of the lever to the open position and to be disengaged therefrom when the actuator arm is moved in the second direction permitting the lever to be pivoted to the open position.

REFERENCES:
patent: 417619 (1889-12-01), Woodard
patent: 2192160 (1940-02-01), Tinnerman
patent: 2303854 (1942-12-01), Lyon
patent: 3602723 (1971-08-01), Swanson
patent: 3831224 (1974-08-01), MacMaster et al.

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