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Claim 1

IN A LATCH MECHANISM FOR A VEHICLE DOOR, A SUPPORT HAVING A MAIN PLATE PORTION FOR DISPOSITION AT THE FREE EDGE WALL OF THE DOOR AND A FLANGE PORTION INTEGRAL THEREWITH, A LATCH DEVICE PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON SAID MAIN PLATE PORTION AND INCLUDING A LATCH ELEMENT HAVING A KEEPER DEVICE ENGAGING PORTION, DETENT MEANS PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON SAID MAIN PLATE PORTION FOR HOLDING SAID LATCH DEVICE IN DOOR LATCHED POSITION, MANUALLY OPERABLE MEANS FOR DISENGAGING SAID DETENT MEANS FORM SAID LATCH DEVICE COMPRISING A LEVER PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON SAID MAIN PLATE PORTION AND A LINK MEANS PIVOTALLY SUSPENDED FROM SAID LEVER AT A POINT SPACED FROM THE PIVOT AXIS OF THE LATTER, SAID LINK MEANS BEING BODILY MOVABLE LONGITUDINALLY OF SAID MAIN PLATE PORTION IN RESPONSE TO PIVOTAL MOVEMENT OF SAID LEVER, SAID LINK MEANS NORMALLY HAVING A PART THEREOF ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID DETENT MEANS TO PIVOT THE LATTEER OUT OF HOLDING POSITION RELATIVE TO SAID LATCH DEVICE UPON MOVEMENT OF THE LINK MEANS IN ONE DIRECTION, CONTROL MEANS PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON SAID FLANGE PORTION MOVABLE INTO ABUTTING RELATION TO A PART OF SAID LINK MEANS TO SWING THE LINK MEANS ABOUT ITS PIVOTAL SUSPENSION TO A POSITION IN WHICH THE DETENT MEANS ENGAGING PART THEREOF WILL BYPASS THE DETENT MEANS UPON MOVEMENT OF SAID LINK MEANS IN SAID ONE DIRECTION, AND ADDITIONAL LEVER MEANS ON SAID SUPPORT OPERATIVE WHEN SAID CONTROL MEANS HAS SWUNG THE LINK MEANS IN BYPASSING POSITION TO FIRST ENGAGE AND RESTORE SAID CONTROL MEANS TO A NONABUTTING RELATION TO SAID LINK MEANS AND THEN TO ENGAGE AND SWING SAID MANUALLY OPERABLE MEANS IN A DIRECTION TO MOVE SAID LINK MEANS IN SAID ONE DIRECTION TO CAUSE DISENGAGEMENT OF THE DETENT MEANS FROM SAID LATCH DEVICE.