초록

A latch for a camper shell door in which the inside pull is operable to unlatch or latch the door whether or not the latch is locked from the outside, thereby giving the occupants of the shell the security of a locked environment, and the safety of ready unlatching from within.

대표청구항 ▼

Security latch for camper shell doors and the like, comprising a rotatable shaft adapted to extend through the door in an axial direction to be latched, an outside housing fixed to said door and defining an an axially extended outwardly open recess, an axially extendable outside handle for rotating

Security latch for camper shell doors and the like, comprising a rotatable shaft adapted to extend through the door in an axial direction to be latched, an outside housing fixed to said door and defining an an axially extended outwardly open recess, an axially extendable outside handle for rotating said shaft, said handle being relatively sized with respect to said handle recess and pivotally mounted at one end to said shaft and located at one end of said recess to lie flush within said housing recess against snagging in a first condition and for extending axially from said housing recess in a second condition corresponding to the shaft operating condition of said handle, a lock assembly for selectively blocking shaft rotation, said lock assembly being partially located within said recess spaced from said handle in a manner that said handle in its said first condition overlies said lock assembly, spring means encircling said shaft for biasing said handle into its said first condition, an inside pull journaled on said shaft, and latch means carried by said pull for latching and unlatching said door upon rotation of said inside pull by said shaft.