Vehicle door latch mechanism

Claim 1

A LATCH MECHANISM FOR A DOOR COMPRISING: A SUPPORT PLATE FOR DISPOSITION AT A FREE EDGE WALL OF THE DOOR, LATCH DEVICE MEANS PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON SAID SUPPORT PLATE FOR MOVEMENT BETWEEN LATCHED AND UNLATCHED POSITIONS, A DETENT PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON SAID SUPPORT PLATE AND HAVING AN ABUTMENT IN ENGAGEMENT WITH AN ABUTMENT ON SAID LATCH DEVICE MEANS FOR HOLDING THE SAME IN DOOR LATCHED POSITION, AN OUTER MANUALLY OPERABLE MEANS INCLUDING A FIRST LINK MEANS, A BUSHING MEANS COUPLING SAID FIRST LINK MEANS TO SAID DETENT, SAID BUSHING MEANS PROJECTING THROUGH A SLOT IN SAID DETENT, SAID SLOT HAVING TWO SECTIONS, ONE OF SAID SECTIONS EXTENDING RADIALLY AND THE OTHER OF SAID SECTIONS EXTENDING CIRCUMFERENTIALLY RELATIVE TO THE PIVOT AXIS OF SAID DETENT, AND A LOCKING LEVER PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON SAID SUPPORT PLATE, A SECOND LINK MEANS COUPLING SAID LOCKING LEVER TO SAID BUSHING MEANS, SAID LOCKING LEVER BEING OPERABLE THROUGH SAID SECOND LINK MEANS TO MOVE SAID BUSHING MEANS FROM SAID RADIAL TO SAID CIRCUMFERENTIAL SECTION OF SAID SLOT OR VICE VERSA, SAID BUSHING MEANS WHEN POSITIONED IN SAID RADIAL SECTION BEING OPERATIVE TO TRANSMIT MOVEMENT OF SAID FIRST LINK MEANS OCCASIONED BY OPERATION OF SAID OUTER MANUALLY OPERABLE MEANS TO SAID DETENT TO PIVOTALLY MOVE THE SAME TO DISENGAGE SAID DETENT ABUTMENT FROM SAID LATCH DEVICE ABUTMENT AND WHEN IN SAID CIRCUMFERENTIAL SECTION OF SAID SLOT BEING FREELY MOVABLE WITH SAID FIRST LINK MEANS UPON MOVEMENT OF THE LATTER OCCASIONED BY OPERATION OF SAID OUTER MANUALLY OPERABLE MEANS WITHOUT CAUSING MOVEMENT OF SAID DETENT.