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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:
Jun. 19, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 09, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Darrel M. Alton, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Assignee:
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E05C 3/06 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E05C 3/06 ;
Abstract
A vehicle closure has a compartment latch and a handle for operating the compartment latch. The compartment latch includes a reset member that is automatically engaged to disable the compartment latch when the compartment latch is unlatched. The reset member must be reset manually to restore normal operation of the compartment latch. Manual resetting is difficult to avoid inadvertent operation by children.