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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2003
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 for a movable closure element. The latch assembly has a housing with first and second rotors each movable relative thereto between a first latched position, a release position, and a second latched position. The first and second rotors in their first and second latched positions define a receptacle with an effective diameter and a center line that is angularly disposed to the line of a straight edge on the housing. With the rotors in their first latched positions, the center line of the receptacle is spaced from the first line a first distance. The center line of the receptacle is at a first location with the rotors in their first latched position and a second location with the rotors in their second latched positions. The first and second locations are spaced a second distance. The effective diameter of the receptacle, with the first and second rotors in their first latched positions, varies from each of the first and second distances by no more than ±40%.