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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 1980
Filed:
Jun. 16, 1978
Applicant:
Inventor:
Carl H Little, Jamestown, NY (US);
Assignee:
Weber-Knapp Company, Jamestown, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E05C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
292247 ;
Abstract
The improvement in a hood latch mechanism of the type including an operating handle connected by a hinge pin to a spring biased yoke and mounting a latching pin engageable with a keeper to releasably retain the mechanism in latched condition, which features the utilization of the hinge pin in cooperation with the keeper to create an auxiliary latching device for maintaining the mechanism in its over center latched position even under severe road conditions.