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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 19, 1997
Marvin L Larsen, New Hampton, IA (US);
Kevin P Eschweiler, New Hampton, IA (US);
Tri/Mark Corporation, New Hampton, IA (US);
Abstract
A latch assembly for a movable closure, which latch assembly has a housing having a front and rear and a wall with a forwardly facing surface, and an actuating assembly that is changeable between first and second states. The actuating assembly has an actuator element that is operable to selectively change the actuating assembly from the first state into the second state. The housing wall has an opening therethrough to allow the actuating assembly to extend from forwardly of the housing wall through the housing wall opening to rearwardly of the housing wall and reposition a latch element at the rear of the housing as an incident of the actuating assembly changing from the first state into the second state. The actuating assembly has a wall disposed in front of the housing wall that fully blocks the housing opening as viewed from the front of the housing.