Patent · US Expired

Latch receptacle

US4022504A · kind A · utility

18Cited by
13References
9Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 15, 1976
Grant dateMay 10, 1977
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 15, 1996

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T292/68
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A one-piece plastic latch receptacle mounted in an apertured panel and adapted to accept a shouldered strike. The latch includes a resilient oval tubular portion supported in spaced independently flexible relation to both the head and mounting legs and carries at least one shouldered rib positioned along each major dimension of the oval for engagement of the strike at a plurality of positions.

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