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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 1986
Filed:
Dec. 14, 1984
John P Anderson, Ontario, CA (US);
Hartwell Corporation, Placentia, CA (US);
Abstract
A quick release hinge/latch for removably attaching two surfaces including a keeper adapted to attach to a surface and having an edge portion in the form of a hollow keeper tube, a housing adapted to attach to another adjacent surface and also having an edge portion in the form of a hollow housing tube such that the keeper tube and housing tube fit together to form an extended tube, a pin which slides within the extended tube to detachably connect the keeper and housing and a flat spring/actuator which attaches to the pin through an opening in the housing tube. The spring/actuator when in a first position holds the pin partially extended into the keeper tube. When the leg portions of the spring/actuator are pinched together and into a second position the pin is withdrawn from the keeper tube. The pinched spring/actuator can then be rotated about the housing tube axis into a third position where the spring/actuator locks into a radial opening in the housing tube to thereby lock the pin entirely within the housing tube allowing easy detachment of the housing from the keeper.