초록 ▼

A safety latch for the hinged lid of an open-top container includes an elongated, curved latching bar secured at one end to the lid and extending through a bracket secured to the side of the container with a latching pin extending through one wall of the container and supported by the bracket and ex

A safety latch for the hinged lid of an open-top container includes an elongated, curved latching bar secured at one end to the lid and extending through a bracket secured to the side of the container with a latching pin extending through one wall of the container and supported by the bracket and extending into selected ones of a plurality of notches along the curved face of the latching bar.

대표청구항 ▼

The combination of an open top container having a closure hinged to a top edge of a back wall thereof for pivoting about a horizontal axis and a closure support bracket for supporting said hinged closure in the open position comprising: an elongated latch bar curved about an axis in the direction of

The combination of an open top container having a closure hinged to a top edge of a back wall thereof for pivoting about a horizontal axis and a closure support bracket for supporting said hinged closure in the open position comprising: an elongated latch bar curved about an axis in the direction of the pivot axis of the closure having a series of spaced notches along the one surface toward the axis and attached to the closure member; a guide bracket attached to a side wall adjacent the open top of the housing for receiving and guiding said elongated bar; and an elongated latch pin having a forward end and an outer end and a handle on said outer end exterior of at the back of said container, said latch pin extending through said back wall and supported by said back wall and said guide bracket and including spring means for biasing said forward end of said pin into engagement with said one surface of said latch bar for selective latching engagement with said notches on said latch bar.