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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2002
Christopher M. Lane, Nashua, IA (US);
Craig Helton, Charles City, IA (US);
Dennis J. Zweibohmer, Ionia, IA (US);
Joe Daniel Knight, Nashua, IA (US);
Ricci L. Marzolf, New Hampton, IA (US);
Christopher M. Lane, Nashua, IA (US);
Craig Helton, Charles City, IA (US);
Dennis J. Zweibohmer, Ionia, IA (US);
Joe Daniel Knight, Nashua, IA (US);
Ricci L. Marzolf, New Hampton, IA (US);
Tri/Mark Corporation, New Hampton, IA (US);
Abstract
A latch assembly for a movable closure element of the type having first and second sides. The latch assembly has a housing, a first rotor movable relative to the housing selectively between a) a latched position and b) a release position, and an operating assembly which is operable to change the first rotor from the latched position into the release position. A first rotor is engageable with a strike element relative to which the movable closure element can be moved to thereby releasably maintain the movable closure element in a desired position. The first rotor is biased towards the release position. The operating assembly includes a catch block assembly that is movable selectively between a) an engaged position wherein the first rotor is maintained in the latched position and b) a disengaged position wherein the first rotor is permitted to move from the latched position into the release position. The operating assembly further includes a first actuating assembly for mounting on the first side of the movable closure. The first actuating assembly has a first normal state and a first release state. The first actuating assembly directly engages the catch block assembly and causes the catch block assembly to change from the engaged position into the release position as an incident of the first actuating assembly changing from the first normal state into the first release state.