Flush mounting latch

Claim 1

A LATCH MECHANISM FOR RELEASABLY HOLDING A CLOSURE MEMBER IN FIXED RELATIONSHIP TO A FRAME MEMBER COMPRISING, A PLATE-LIKE CLOSURE MEMBER HAVING AN ELONGATED SLOT THERETHROUGH, A BRACKET HAVING FLANGES EXTENDING ALONG THE INNER FACE OF THE CLOSURE MEMBER AND SECURED THERETO, SAID BRACKET HAVING AN OPERN CENTRAL AREA BETWEEN THE FLANGES REGISTERING WITH SAID SLOT, A BOLT MOUNTED FOR PIVOTING MOVEMENT ON SAID BRACKET, SAID BOLT HAVING A LATCH ARM LOCATED ON THE BACK SIDE OF SAID CLOSURE MEMBER AND POSITIONED TO ENGAGE THE FRAME MEMBER WHEN THE BOLT IS IN LATCHED POSITION, SAID BOLT ALSO HAVING A LONGER ARM EXTENDING THROUGH SAID SLOT AND FORMING AN OPERATING LEVER FOR THE BOLT, SAID LEVER BEING LOCATED WITHIN SAID BOLT WITH ITS OUTER SURFACE SUBSTANTIALLY FLUSH WITH THE OUTER FACE OF SAID CLOSURE MEMBER WHEN THE BOLT IS IN LATCHED POSITION, A KEEPER MEMBER CARRIED BY SAID BRACKET AND LOCATED ADJACENT THE FREE END OF SAID LEVER SUPPORT MEANS CARRIED BY SAID BRACKET AND SUPPORTING AND CONSTRAINING SAID KEEPER MEMBER FOR SLIDING MOVEMENT TOWARDS AND AWAY FROM THE END OF SAID LEVER IN A PLANE PARALLEL WITH THE OUTER SURFACE OF SAID CLOSURE MEMBER, SAID KEEPER MEMBER HAVING AN INTEGRAL ACTUATING PROTION WHICH IS ACCESSIBLE THROUGH AN OPENING IN SAID CLOSURE MEMBER, A SHOULDER ON THE BOLT LEVER ENGAGED BY SAID KEEPER MEMBER TO LATCH THE LEVER IN LATCHING POSITION, FIRST SPRING MEANS NORMALLY URGING SAID KEEPER MEMBER INTO LATCHING ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID LEVER, AND SEPARATE SPRING MEANS SUPPORTED BY SAID BRACKET AND ENGAGING THE BOLT AND OPERATING TO ROTATE THE BOLT ABOUT ITS PIVOT TO A POSITION TO RELEASE THE LATCH MECHANISM WHEN THE KEEPER MEMBER IS RETRACTED FROM SAID SHOULDER.