Flush Door Latch

摘要

A “pop-out” latch includes trigger-actuated spring means for extending a latch handle out of a surrounding panel recess for ease of grasping. The handle is connected to an inner sleeve which is keyed to a concentric outer sleeve such that the sleeves turn together between open and closed positions while the inner sleeve can slide axially within the outer sleeve between extended and retracted positions. At least one control pin extends inwardly from the latch body through slots in both sleeves. By the location of the slots the rotation of the handle is only permitted when the inner sleeve is in the extended position. When closing the latch, movement of the handle and inner sleeve axially toward the retracted stowed position of the handle is only permitted when the handle is in alignment with the receiving panel recess.

主权项

1. A panel latch, comprising:
a latch body having a flange adjacent one end and clamp means adjacent the other end for releasably mounting the body to a panel between the flange and the clamp means; an outer sleeve axially retained within said body and rotatable within a limited range between a latch-open position and a latch-closed position; an inner sleeve closely fitted within said outer sleeve having anti-rotation features preventing relative rotation with the outer sleeve while being axially reciprocal within said outer sleeve between extended and retracted positions of the inner sleeve; at least one control pin affixed to said body and passing through aligned slots in both the outer sleeve and the inner sleeve such that the rotational motion of said outer sleeve and said inner sleeve with respect to the body is permitted only when the inner sleeve is in the extended position; a handle affixed to a top end of the inner sleeve; and a locking arm affixed to a bottom end of the outer sleeve.