Latch

US6575503B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Southco, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Torsten Johansson · Eskilstuna, SE
• Claes Magnusson · Stockholm, SE
• Glenn Eric Anderson · Oshkosh, US
• Charles R. Scally · Warminster, US
• J. Michael Wittig · Fort Collins, US
• Stefan M. Koveal · Glen Mills, US
• James H. Vickers · Media, US
• Alfred George Rundle, Jr. · Kennett Square, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 28, 2000
• Grant date: Jun 10, 2003
• Expiry date: Oct 28, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T292/57
• WIPO field: Civil engineering
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A keeper and a latch secures a first member such as a door panel against a second member such as a corresponding frame. The keeper is adapted for attachment to the second member and engages the latch in a fastened position.