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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2011
Filed:
May. 20, 2005
Applicant:
William C. Mahoney, High Point, NC (US);
Inventor:
William C. Mahoney, High Point, NC (US);
Assignee:
Volvo Group North America, LLC, Greensboro, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E05C 19/10 (2006.01); E05C 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A latch assembly includes a plate and an arm pivotable between a closed and an open position relative to the plate about a pivot axis. The pivot axis is substantially aligned with a line of entry of a connecting bar to a latched position in which, when the arm is in the closed position, the connecting bar is entirely surrounded by both the plate and the arm together and partially surrounded by the arm and the plate individually. The plate is fixed relative to the line of entry.