| 摘要 |
A safety latch for picnic coolers is provided which permits the door of the cooler to be unlatched when pressure is applied to the door from inside the cooler. The latch assembly includes a latch rotatable between locking and unlocking positions which includes a keeper plate which is engagable with a strike for maintaining the door closed when the latch is in the locking position. The stroke is formed of flexible and resilient material and includes a shank portion extending generally parallel to the side wall on which the latch is mounted and a foot portion which extends generally laterally outwardly from the shank portion. The keeper plate extends laterally inwardly to engage the foot portion when the latch is in the locking position to prevent inadvertent opening of the door. When a predetermined force is applied to the interior of the door, the shank portion flexes inwardly to release the foot portion from the keeper plate to permit the door to swing open. When the door opens, the resilient shank portion returns to its unflexed position, and the foot portion is engagable with the keeper plate to prevent the door from closing until the latch is moved to the unlocking position.
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