Latch and lock mechanism

Claim 1

AN EASILY ASSEMBLED LATCH FOR RELEASABLY SECURING TOGETHER SEPARABLE PARTS OF A RECEPTACLE ADJACENT A LINE OF SEPARATION ALONG COPLANAR FRONT SURFACES OF THE PARTS COMPRISING AN ELONGATED REARWARDLY OPENING COVER HAVING AT LEAST ONE APERTURE THEREIN AND ADAPTED TO BE AFFIXED TO ONE OF THE FRONT SURFACES, THE COVER HAVING A FRONT WALL SPACED FROM THE ASSOCIATED FRONT SURFACE AND IN PARALLELISM THEREWITH AND THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE COVER IN PARALLELISM WITH THE LINE OF SEPARATION, THE COVER HAVING REARWARDLY PROJECTING UPPER AND LOWER LONGITUDINAL AND TRANSVERSE MARGINAL FLANGES RELATIVE TO THE FRONT SURFACE, AN ELONGATED LATCHING MEMBER DISPOSED IN THE COVER, THE LATCHING MEMBER HAVING A LENGTH GREATER THAN THE LONGITUDINAL LENGTH OF THE COVER TO ACCOMMODATE MOVEMENT OF THE LATCHING MEMBER PARALLEL TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE COVER FROM A LATCHING POSITION TO A RELEASE POSITION AND A WIDTH TRANSVERSELY OF THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE COVER LESS THAN THE WIDTH OF THE COVER, MEANS MOUNTING THE LATCHING MEMBER IN THE COVER FOR RECTILINEAR RECIPROCATIVE MOVEMENT ALONG THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS, RESILIENT MEANS DISPOSED ADJACENT THE LATCHING MEMBER AND PROVIDING BIASING FORCE FOR RETAINING THE LATCHING MEMBER IN OPERATIVE POSITION, THE RESILIENT MEANS HAVING AN UPWARDLY PROJECTING LEG PORTION AND A REARWARDLY PROJECTING LEG PORTION, EACH LEG PORTION HAVING A BOSS MEMBER EXTENDING THEREFROM, THE UPPER AND LOWER LONGITUDINAL MARGINAL EDGES OF THE COVER HAVING BOSS RECESSES ADAPTED TO RECEIVE IN SNAP FITTING RELATION AN UPWARDLY PROJECTING LEG BOSS AND A REARWARDLY PROJECTING LEG BOSS RESPECTIVELY, THE LATCHING MEMBER ADAPTED TO INTERLOCK WITH KEEPER MEANS AFFIXED TO THE OTHER RECEPTACLE PART WHEREBY LONGITUDINAL MOVEMENT OF THE LATCHING MEMBER FROM THE RELEASE POSITION TO THE LATCHING POSITION BEING OPERATIVE TO INTERLOCK THE LATCHING MEMBER WITH THE KEEPER MEANS.