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Latch device and anchor with swivel coupling

  • US 9,718,427 B2
  • Filed: 02/04/2014
  • Issued: 08/01/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/19/2013
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A latch system, comprising:

  • a latch device, including—

    a frame having an anchor aperture adjacent an anchor cavity;

    a first engagement member adjacent the anchor aperture and biased toward the anchor aperture in a first direction, the first engagement member having a recessed edge portion;

    a second engagement member operably disposed in the anchor cavity and biased toward the anchor aperture in a second direction, perpendicular to the first direction, the second engagement member having a concave surface portion; and

    an actuator operably coupled to the first engagement member, wherein the actuator is biased toward the anchor aperture and against the first engagement member in the first direction; and

    an anchor having a central axis and generally spherical head portion configured to be received in the anchor cavity through the anchor aperture,wherein, when the head portion is inserted into the anchor cavity through the anchor aperture, the recessed edge portion or the first engagement member is movable in the first direction to contact the anchor and prevent removal of the head portion from the anchor cavity, and the concave surface portion of the second engagement member is movable in the second direction to contact the anchor and urge the head portion toward the anchor aperture, and wherein the latch device is pivotable about an axis perpendicular to the central axis of the anchor when the head portion is restrained in the anchor cavity by the first engagement member, andwherein the actuator is moveable in a third direction, opposite to the first direction, from a first actuator position toward a second actuator position to move the first engagement member away from the anchor and release the latch device from the anchor.

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