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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 1990
Filed:
Feb. 10, 1989
Ulf Rasch, Iserlohn, DE;
Sudhaus Schloss- Und Beschlagtechnik GmbH & Co., Iserlohn, DE;
Abstract
A latch for securing together two relatively movable parts of a suitcase, pocketbook, or the like, has a latch housing secured to one of the parts and formed internally with a retaining guide, a strike secured to the other of the parts and engageable in the housing on juxtaposition of the two parts, and a button displaceable on the housing between an outer position and an inner position. The button is formed unitarily with a latching dog retainingly engageable with the strike when same is engaged in the housing and the button is in the outer position and with a retaining formation engaged inward of the retaining guide and preventing removal of the button from the housing. A spring is braced between the housing and the button and urges the button into the outer position.