Enclosure safety latch
First Claim
1. A safety latch for latching a door of an enclosure to the enclosure, comprising:
- a receiving member having a base portion for mounting to a fixed surface of the enclosure, and a receiving post extending from said base portion, said receiving post having first and second diverging surfaces;
a latching member engageable with said receiving post, said latching member having a base portion for mounting to the door, and having first and second generally symmetrical, spaced apart, biased latching elements, said latching elements extending from one end connected to said base portion to a second end and being biased toward one another, and configured for independent locking engagement with said receiving post when said receiving post is inserted into said latching member, each of said latching elements including a releasing member extending therefrom and operably connected thereto for releasing said latching element from locking engagement with said receiving post.
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Abstract
A safety latch for latching a door of an enclosure to the enclosure includes a receiving member mounted to the enclosure and a latching member engageable with the receiving member, adapted to be mounted to the enclosure door. The receiving member includes a base portion for mounting to the enclosure and a receiving post-extending from the base portion. The receiving post has first and second diverging surfaces. The latching member has first and second generally symmetrical, opposingly oriented, spaced apart, biased latching elements. The latching elements are biased toward one another, and are configured for independent locking engagement with the receiving post when the receiving post is inserted into the latching member. Each of the latching elements includes a releasing member extending therefrom and operably connected thereto for releasing the latching member from locking engagement with the receiving post.
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13 Claims
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1. A safety latch for latching a door of an enclosure to the enclosure, comprising:
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a receiving member having a base portion for mounting to a fixed surface of the enclosure, and a receiving post extending from said base portion, said receiving post having first and second diverging surfaces; a latching member engageable with said receiving post, said latching member having a base portion for mounting to the door, and having first and second generally symmetrical, spaced apart, biased latching elements, said latching elements extending from one end connected to said base portion to a second end and being biased toward one another, and configured for independent locking engagement with said receiving post when said receiving post is inserted into said latching member, each of said latching elements including a releasing member extending therefrom and operably connected thereto for releasing said latching element from locking engagement with said receiving post. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A safety latch for latching a door of an associated enclosure comprising:
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a receiving member adapted to be mounted to the enclosure, said receiving member including a receiving post having at least one locking member thereon; and a latching member including a pair of spaced apart, opposingly oriented latching elements, said latching elements extending from a first end to a second end and being independently engageable with said receiving post, said latching elements including hook members which define a substantially enclosed latching region when said latching elements are in their biased state, said latching region enclosing said receiving post when the safety latch is in a latched condition, each said latching element further including a releasing portion thereon extending from intermediate said first and second ends and configured to move said latching elements from said biased state to a state wherein said latching elements permit release of said receiving post from said latching region to disengage said receiving post from said latching member. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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Specification