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Title:
LEVER COMPRESSION LATCH
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2019/094358
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A latch assembly for mounting in an opening of a door and for releasably latching the door to a door frame. The latch assembly includes a housing that is mountable to the opening of the door. A lever is rotatably coupled to the housing between a deployed position and a retracted position. A lock plug is rotatably mounted within the housing, the lock plug having one end for receiving either a tool or key, and an opposite end having an engagement surface. A latching member is movably coupled to the housing, and is engaged with both the rotatable lock plug and the lever in the retracted position of the lever. A torsion spring biases the lock plug back to a starting position after the lock plug is rotated from the starting position using the tool or the key.

Inventors:
MANLY JONATHAN (GB)
FORD JAMES (US)
KELLY DAVID (GB)
TIEU LOC (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2018/059357
Publication Date:
August 29, 2019
Filing Date:
November 06, 2018
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
SOUTHCO (US)
International Classes:
E05C3/04; E05B5/00; E05B9/00; E05B9/08; E05B13/00; E05B17/10
Foreign References:
US4413849A1983-11-08
FR2793276A12000-11-10
US4693503A1987-09-15
US5267762A1993-12-07
US5638709A1997-06-17
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
COHEN, Joshua, L. et al. (US)
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