Remotely actuated trunk lock arrangement for a motor vehicle

Claim 1

IN A LATCH LOCK MECHANISM FOR LOCKING A LID OF A STORAGE COMPARTMENT OF AN AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLE; THE COMBINATION COMPRISING LATCH MEANS, LOCK MEANS OPERATIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH SAID LATCH MEANS, FLUID PRESSURE MOTOR OPERATIVELY MOUNTED PROXIMATE SAID LATCH MEANS, SAID FLUID PRESSURE MOTOR HAVING A FIRST CHAMBER WITH A FIRST MOVABLE WALL, LINKAGE MEANS OPERATIVELY COUPLING SAID FIRST MOVABLE WALL TO SAID LATCH MEANS, A FLUID PRESSURE PUMP HAVING A SECOND CHAMBER AND A SECOND MOVABLE WALL, CONDUIT MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTING SAID FIRST AND SECOND CHAMBERS IN CLOSED CIRCUIT RELATIONSHIP, MANUAL MEANS FOR ACTUATING SAID PUMP AND THEREBY MOVING SAID SECOND MOVABLE WALL THEREBY TENDING TO CHANGE THE PRESSURE OF SAID FLUID IN SAID SECOND CHAMBER, SAID CONDUIT MEANS TRANSMITTING SAID CHANGE IN PRESSURE TO SAID FIRST CHAMBER WHEREBY SAID FIRST MOVABLE WALL TENDS TO MOVE IN SYNCHRONISM WITH SAID MANUALLY ACTUATED SECOND MOVABLE WALL TO THEREBY CAUSE UNLATCHING OF SAID LATCH MEANS BY VIRTUE OF THE CONNECTION BETWEEN FIRST MOVABLE WALL AND SAID LATCH MEANS, FIRST SPRING MEANS OPERATIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH SAID FIRST MOVABLE WALL AND SECOND SPRING MEANS OPERATIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH SAID SECOND MOVABLE WALL WHEREBY THE RELEASE OF SAID MANUAL MEANS AFTER SAID PUMP HAS BEEN ACTUATED RESULTS IN SAID FIRST AND SECOND MOVABLE WALLS RETURNING TO THE POSITIONS THEY OCCUPIED BEFORE SAID MANUAL MEANS WERE ACTUATED, SAID SPRING MEANS THEREBY CONDITIONING SAID MOTOR AND PUMP FOR A SUBSEQUENT UNLATCHING OF SAID LATCH MEANS.