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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 1985
Filed:
Feb. 21, 1984
Benson T Taylor, Jr, Floyd Knobs, IN (US);
Ralph G Hawkins, Louisville, KY (US);
General Electric Company, Louisville, KY (US);
Abstract
A latch assembly in a cabinet having a front opening with a door movably mounted to the cabinet for selectively closing the opening. There is a latch secured to the door and projecting from the rear surface of the door and a mounting member attached to the cabinet having a latch receiving strike plate and a resilient finger. The mounting member is pivotally mounted at one end thereof to a rigid cabinet member with the resilient finger abutting the cabinet and biased in a direction away from the door in its closed position. The latch and mounting member strike plate cooperate to tightly retain the door in its closed position by the biasing effect of the resilient finger. The mounting member is secured against pivotal movement thereof when the latch and mounting member strike plate cooperate to tightly retain the door in its closed position.