US 11,851,270 B2
Latch for air cargo container doors
Thomas Pherson, Daniel Island, SC (US); and Wendell Douglas Gissel, Summerville, SC (US)
Assigned to Advanced Composite Structures, LLC, Charleston, SC (US)
Appl. No. 16/755,207
Filed by Advanced Composite Structures, LLC, Charleston, SC (US)
PCT Filed Oct. 9, 2018, PCT No. PCT/US2018/054905
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 10, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/074864, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 18, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/570,201, filed on Oct. 10, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0255215 A1, Aug. 13, 2020
Int. Cl. E05C 3/04 (2006.01); E05B 13/00 (2006.01); E05B 83/02 (2014.01); E05B 67/38 (2006.01); E05B 65/00 (2006.01); E05B 83/12 (2014.01); B65D 90/00 (2006.01); B64D 9/00 (2006.01); B65D 88/14 (2006.01); B65D 90/02 (2019.01)
CPC B65D 90/008 (2013.01) [B64D 9/00 (2013.01); B65D 88/14 (2013.01); B65D 90/021 (2013.01); E05C 3/046 (2013.01); B65D 2590/666 (2013.01); E05B 13/002 (2013.01); E05B 65/0021 (2013.01); E05B 67/383 (2013.01); E05B 83/02 (2013.01); E05B 83/12 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A latch for securing a component to a track in a base of air cargo equipment, the latch comprising:
a rigid support configured to be attached at a bottom edge of the component; and
a handle, the handle configured to rotate relative to the support between an open position and a closed position,
wherein the handle comprises a rotationally tapered locking cam, and
wherein the support comprising a locking plate configured to wrap under the component, the locking plate having a foot configured to fit within an undercut region of the track provided in the base.