Demountable toggle latch

Claim 1

A LATCH ASSEMBLY FOR SECURING ONE MEMBER TO A SECOND MEMBER HAVING A STRIKE THEREON INCLUDING IN COMBINATION A PIVOT PIN, A HANDLE, A LINK CONNECTING SAID PIVOT PIN TO SAID HANDLE AT A POINT INTERMEDIATE THE ENDS THEREOF, A DRAWHOOK, A PIVOTAL CONNECTION BETWEEN SAID DRAWHOOK AND SAID HANDLE ADJACENT ONE END THEREOF, A BRACKET CARRIED BY SAID ONE MEMBER, SAID BRACKET HAVING A PIVOT PIN RECEIVING RECESS WITH A MOUTH OPENING OUT OF SAID RECESS IN A DIRECTION AWAY FROM SAID STRIKE, A BRACKET BASE AND RESILIENT MEANS RETAINING SAID PIVOT PIN IN SAID RECESS, SAID BRACKET BASE PROVIDING A SHOULDER SPACED FROM SAID MOUTH IN A DIRECTION AWAY FROM SAID STRIKE, SAID HANDLE PROVIDED WITH A PART ADAPTED TO ENGAGE SAID SHOULDER, THE AGGREGATE OF THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE RECESS AND SAID SHOULDER AND THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE PIVOTAL CONNECTION OF THE LINK AND HANDLE AND SAID PART BEING GREATER THAN THE LENGTH OF SAID LINK BETWEEN THE CONNECTION OF THE LINK AND THE HANDLE AND SAID PIVOT PIN WHEREBY SAID PART THEREON MAY BE ENGAGED WITH SAID BRACKET BASE TO DRAW SAID PIVOT PIN OUT OF SAID RECESS AGAINST THE ACTION OF SAID RESILIENT MEANS.