Cabinet latch

Claim 2

In combination with a door having a panel, said panel having an opening therethrough, a latch device for said door comprising a collar having an intermediate portion received in said opening, a flange exteriorly of said opening at one end thereof overlapping and engaging one side of said panel, an annular groove exteriorly of said opening at the opposite end thereof, and an aperture extending axially therethrough, a snap ring having an inner portion received in said groove and an outer portion projecting beyond said groove for engaging the opposite side of said panel and cooperating with said flange in holding said collar to said panel, a one-piece substantially L-shaped member having a first portion extending through said aperture and a second portion at an angle to said first portion and positioned outwardly from said opposite side of said panel, said first portion of said substantially L-shaped member being cylindrical and being substantially complementarily received in said aperture, so that said collar at said aperture guides said first portion for axial and rotational movement relative to said collar, a head projecting laterally outwardly from the end of said first portion opposite from said second portion for providing a means for imparting rotation to said L-shaped member, said head having an undersurface facing said panel, a cup-shaped member having an inner transverse wall having an opening receiving said first portion and in juxtaposition with said undersurface of said head, said head being entirely exteriorly of said cup-shaped member and beyond said inner transverse wall thereof, and a compression spring one end of which engages said inner wall Of said cup-shaped member and the opposite end of which engages the outer surface of said flange of said collar, for thereby biasing said cup-shaped member, said head and said L-shaped member to a first position where said head is spaced outwardly from said one side of said panel and said cup-shaped member is spaced outwardly from said flange of said collar with a portion of said compression spring being exposed between said cup-shaped member and said flange of said collar, said substantially L-shaped member, head and cup-shaped member being movable in opposition to said spring to a second position in which said head is relatively closer to said one side of said panel, said cup-shaped member having a larger lateral dimension than that of said flange of said collar, whereby when said cup-shaped member is in said second position said flange of said collar is received in said cup-shaped member and said compression spring is concealed.

Claim 3

In combination with a door having a panel, said panel having an opening therethrough, a latch device for said door comprising a collar of deflectable plastic material having an intermediate portion received in said opening, a first flange exteriorly of one end of said opening overlapping and engaging one side of said panel, a second flange of smaller outside diameter than said first flange exteriorly of the opposite end of said opening overlapping and engaging the opposite side of said panel, said second flange having a frustoconical circumferential surface convergent outwardly from said opposite side of said panel, for permitting said second flange to be forced through said opening so that said intermediate portion of said collar is so received in said opening, and an aperture extending axially therethrough, a one-piece substantially L-shaped member having a first portion extending through said aperture and a second portion at an angle to said first portion and positioned outwardly from said opposite side of said panel, said first portion of said substantially L-shaped member being cylindrical and being substantially complementarily received in said aperture, so that said collar at said aperture guides said first portion for axial and rotational movement relative to said collar, a head projecting laterally outwardly from the end of said first portion opposite from said second portion for providing a means for imparting rotation to said L-shaped member, said head having an undersurface facing said panel, a cup-shaped member having an inner transverse wall having an opening receiving said first portion and in juxtaposition with said undersurface of said head, said head being entirely exteriorly of said cup-shaped member and beyond said inner transverse wall thereof, and a compression spring one end of which engages said inner wall of said cup-shaped member and the opposite end of which engages the outer surface of said first flange of said collar, for thereby biasing said cup-shaped member, said head and said L-shaped member to a first position where said head is spaced outwardly from said one side of said panel and said cup-shaped member is spaced outwardly from said first flange of said collar with a portion of said compression spring being exposed between said cup-shaped member and said first flange of said collar, said substantially L-shaped member, head and cup-shaped member being movable in opposition to said spring to a second position in which said head is relatively closer to said one side of said panel, said cup-shaped member having a larger lateral dimension than that of said first flange of said collar, whereby when said cup-shaped member is in said second position said first flange of said collar is received in said cup-shaped member and said compression spring is concealed.

Claim 4

In combination with a door having a panel, said panel having an opening therethrough, a latch device for said door comprising a collar of deflectable plastic material having an intermediate portion received in said opening, a first flange exteriorly of one end of said opening overlapping and engaging one side of said panel, a second flange of smaller outside diameter than said first flange exteriorly of the opposite end of said opening overlapping and engaging the opposite side of said panel, said second flange having a frustoconical circumferential surface convergent outwardly from said opposite side of said panel, for permitting said second flange to be forced through said opening so that said intermediate portion of said collar is so received in said opening, and an aperture extending axially therethrough, a one-piece substantially L-shaped member having a first portion extending through said aperture and a second portion at an angle to said first portion and positioned outwardly from said opposite side of said panel, said first portion of said substantially L-shaped member being cylindrical and being substantially complementarily received in said aperture, so that said collar at said aperture guides said first portion for axial and rotational movement relative to said collar, a head projecting laterally outwardly from the end of said first portion opposite from said second portion for providing a means for imparting rotation to said L-shaped member, said head having an undersurface facing said panel, a cup-shaped member having an inner transverse wall having an opening receiving said first portion and in juxtaposition with said undersurface of said head, said head being entirely exteriorly of said cup-shaped member and beyond said inner transverse wall thereof, and a compression spring one end of which engages said inner wall of said cup-shaped member and the opposite end of which engages the outer surface of said first flange of said collar, for thereby biasing said cup-shaped member, said head and said L-shaped member to a first position where said head is spaced outwardly from said one side of said panel and said cup-shaped member is spaced outwardly from said first flange of said collar with a portion of said compression spring being exposed between said cup-shaped member and said first flange of said collar, said substantially L-shaped member, head and cup-shaped member being movable in opposition to said spring to a second position in which said head is relatively closer to said one side of said panel, said cup-shaped member having a larger lateral dimension than that of said first flange of said collar, whereby when said cup-shaped member is in said second position said first flange of said collar is received in said cup-shaped member and said compression spring is concealed.