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摘要

A catch for use on a cabinet door as a temporary catch to secure the door against heavy vibration comprising a striker and a socket which is adapted to receive the striker but which can be rendered inoperative by rotating the striker into an inoperative position relative to the socket. The striker comprises a base which can be mounted on a support and a pair of oppositely outwardly facing side surfaces of equal length and each formed with a shoulder. Preferably the side surfaces of the striker are convexly curved. The socket comprises a base adapted to be mounted on a support and has two upstanding resilient walls arranged generally in parallel and each formed with an inwardly projecting rib which is spaced from the socket base. The distance between the shoulders of the striker is greater than the distance between the ribs of the socket but less than the distance between the walls of the socket and the length of the side surfaces of the striker is substantially less than the distance between the ribs of the socket. When the striker is oriented with its side surfaces at right angles to the ribs of the socket the striker can pass freely between the ribs of the socket so that the catch is inoperative. When the striker is aligned with its side surfaces in parallel with the walls of the socket it is a force fit between the walls of the socket and is retained in the socket by engagement of the shoulders of the striker behind the ribs of the socket.