Latching mechanism

Claim 1

A LATCHING MECHANISM COMPRISING A PAIR OF OVERLYING ELONGATED FLAT BOLT MEMBERS MOUNTED IN SLIDABLE ENGAGEMENT FOR LONGITUDINAL PARALLEL RECTILINEAR MOVEMENT, SAID BOLT MEMBERS HAVING OVERLYING SLOT OPENINGS DEFINED IN PART BY PAIRS OF OPPOSED LONGITUDINALLY SPACED STRAIGHT EDGES RESPECTIVELY, EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY NORMAL TO THE AXES OF RECTILINEAR MOVEMENT OF THE BOLT MEMBERS AND LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING OPPOSED CONCAVE EDGES AT LEAST AT ONE LATERAL END THEREOF, AN OPERATING SHAFT MOUNTED FOR FORWARD AND REVERSE ROTATABLE MOVEMENT ABOUT AN AXIS EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY NORMAL TO THE FLAT BOLT MEMBERS AND SUBSTANTIALLY NORMAL TO THEIR AXES OF RECTILINEAR MOVEMENT, STOP MEANS FOR LIMITING THE ANGULAR MOVEMENT OF THE OPERATING SHAFT IN THE REVERSE ANGULAR DIRECTION, AND CAM MEANS ON THE OPERATING SHAFT INCLUDING A PAIR OF DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED CONVEX ACTION CAM PARTS ENGAGEABLE WITH THE OPPOSED CONCAVE EDGES AND WITH THE PAIRS OF OPPOSED STRAIGHT EDGES FOR EXTENDING THE BOLT MEMBERS IN OPPOSITE RECTILINEAR DIRECTIONS UPON REVERSE ANGULAR DISPLACEMENT OF THE OPERATING SHAFT TO ITS REVERSE LIMIT AND FOR WITHDRAWING THE BOLT MEMBERS INWARDLY UPON FORWARD ANGULAR DISPLACEMENT OF THE OPERATING SHAFT FROM ITS REVERSE LIMIT, SAID CONVEX ACTION CAM PARTS WITH THE OPERATING SHAFT AT ITS REVERSE LIMIT ENGAGING THE STRAIGHT EDGES OF THE BOLT MEMBERS ALONG A LINE THROUGH THE AXIS OF THE OPERATING SHAFT PARALLEL TO THE AXES OF RECTILINEAR MOVEMENT OF THE BOLT MEMBERS.