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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2002
Ricci L. Marzolf, New Hampton, IA (US);
Joe Daniel Knight, Nashua, IA (US);
Bruce E. Kallevig, Monticello, MN (US);
Bruce E. Frohman, Robbinsdale, MN (US);
Ricci L. Marzolf, New Hampton, IA (US);
Joe Daniel Knight, Nashua, IA (US);
Bruce E. Kallevig, Monticello, MN (US);
Bruce E. Frohman, Robbinsdale, MN (US);
Tri/Mark Corporation, New Hampton, IA (US);
Abstract
A latch assembly is provided for a movable closure element. The latch assembly has a housing and a first rotor that is movable relative to the housing selectively between a) a first latched position and b) a release position. The first rotor is biased towards the release position and has a first throat to receive a strike element. The latch assembly further consists of an operating assembly having a latched state and an unlatched state The operating assembly in the latched state releasably maintains the first rotor in the first latched position. The operating assembly has a catch arm that is movable relative to the housing from a first position into a second position to thereby change the operating assembly from the latched state into the unlatched state. The operating assembly further has a catch block that is movable floatingly relative to the catch arm from a) an engaged position with the catch arm in the first position into b) a disengaged position as an incident of the catch arm moving from its first position into its second position. The catch block in the engaged position causes the first rotor to be maintained in the first latched position.