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Disclosed is a keeper mechanism utilized with a latch having a hook. The keeper mechanism includes a housing, housing extension, clevis, adjusting nut, biasing spring, retaining ring, detent spring, indicator, and indicator spring. The housing includes exterior and interior surfaces, a mounting wall, and an adjustment slot adjacent the mounting wall. The mounting wall connects to one end of the housing and includes an opening. One end of the housing extension protrudes from the exterior surface of the housing while the other end includes an indicator opening. The clevis includes a clevis opening and clevis shaft which passes through the opening and extends inside the housing. The adjusting nut is threadably mounted to the clevis shaft and includes a plurality of grooves. One end of the biasing spring is adjacent the mounting wall while the other end interfaces the adjusting nut. The retaining ring connects to the interior surface of the housing between the adjustment slot and the housing extension. The detent spring mounts to the interior surface of the housing and has at least one knee in contact with at least one of the plurality of grooves. The indicator is housed within the housing extension and includes a bulb-shaped sensing end which engages the adjusting nut, lip adjacent the bulb-shaped sensing end, flag end positioned adjacent the indicator opening, and cylindrical indicator shaft which extends from the lip to the flag end. The indicator spring surrounds the cylindrical indicator shaft.
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