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A COMBINED LATCH AND LOCK ADAPTED TO BE MOUNTED ON MOUNTING SURFACES OF SEPARABLE PARTS OF A CONTAINER WHICH SURFACES SUBSTANTIALLY LIE IN A COMMON PLANE ADJACCENT A LINE OF SEPARATION THEREBETWEEN COMPRISING A KEEPER MEMBER TO BE AFFIXED TO THE SURFACE OF ONE OF THE SEPARABLE PARTS, A LATCH BODY MEMBER ON THE SURFACE OF THE OTHER OF SAID SEPARABLE PARTS POSITIONED TO OVERLIE THE KEEPER WHEN THE CONTAINER PARTS ARE INCLOSED POSITION, A FIRST MANUALLY OPERABLE PUSH BUTTON MEMBER SUPPORTED ON SAID BODY MEMBER FOR MOVEMENT IN A DIRECTION PERPENDICULAR TO SAID PLANE FROM A NORMAL OUTWARDLY PROJECTED POSITION TO AN INWARD LATCHING POSITION, MEANS RESPONSIVE TO MOVEMENT OF SAID BUTTON MEMBER TO SAID LATCHING POSITION TO INTERLOCK SAID LATCH BODY MEMBER WITH SAID KEEPER, CATCH MEANS FOR LATCHING SAID FIRST BUTTON MEMBER WHENEVER THE LATTER REACHES SAID INWARD LATCHING POSITION, AND A SECOND MANUALLY OPERABLE PUSH BUTTON MEMBER SUPPORTED ON SAID BODY MEMBER SPACED FROM SAID FIRST PUSH BUTTON MEMBER ALONG AN AXIS SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLELING SAID COMMON PLANE FOR MOVEMENT IN A DIRECTION PERPENDICULAR TO SAID PLANE FROM A NORMAL OUTWARDLY PROJECTED POSITION TO AN INWARD POSITION FOR RELEASING SAID FIRST PUSH BUTTON MEMBER FROM SAID LATCHING POSITION UPON INWARD MOVEMENT OF SAID SECOND BUTTON MEMBER TOWARD THE COMMON PLANE OF SAID SURFACES.