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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2000
James P. Wang, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Hubbell Incorporated, Orange, CT (US);
Abstract
A luminaire housing has a frame with a securing member, a door panel releasably coupled to the frame and movable between open and closed positions. A latch assembly on the door panel releasably secures the door panel to the securing member of the frame. The latch assembly includes a fastening member received in a fastener slot of the door panel, a safety spring latch with a top camming portion, an intermediate body poron extending from the top camming portion, and a guide leg member extending from the intermediate body portion and attached to the door panel. A slide lock has a rail hole that slidably receives the guide leg member and has an aperture for receiving the fastener member. The slide lock is movable between a locked position engaged with the securing member to lock the door panel in the closed position and a release position disengaged and spaced from the securing member to allow the door panel to move toward the open position and to allow the safety spring latch to engage the securing member.