| CPC E05C 3/26 (2013.01) [B64D 11/003 (2013.01)] | 11 Claims |
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1. An aircraft storage bin that comprises:
an upper housing that includes first and second side panels,
a bucket that cooperates with the upper housing to define a bin interior, wherein the bucket is movable with respect to the upper housing between an open position and a closed position, wherein the bucket includes a bottom and first and second side walls, and
a latch system that includes
a pivot plate assembly that includes a pivot plate that is attached to the bucket, a latch arm with first and second ends that is pivotally connected to the pivot plate between the first and second ends and is pivotal between a latched position and an unlatched position, and a latch pawl that is pivotal between a latched position and an unlatched position, wherein a latch activator is secured at the first end of the latch arm and wherein the second end of the latch arm includes a roller member, wherein the latch pawl includes a hook portion and a roller receiver portion, wherein in the latched position, the roller member is received in the roller receiver portion,
a mounting plate assembly that includes a mounting plate that is attached to the upper housing, wherein the pivot plate is pivotally connected to the mounting plate and includes a striker that is received in the hook portion when the bucket is in the closed position, wherein the mounting plate assembly includes a down stop linkage that is pivotally connected to and extends downwardly from the mounting plate, wherein the down stop linkage includes a slot that includes upper and lower ends defined therein, wherein a down stop member that extends from the pivot plate is received in the slot, and
a latch button assembly that is operationally connected to the latch activator and that includes a button that is movable between a home position and an actuation position, wherein movement of the button from the home position to the actuation position moves the latch activator, thereby pivoting the latch arm from the latched position to the unlatched position such that the roller member is released from the roller receiver portion and the latch pawl pivots from the latched position to the unlatched position and releases the striker from the hook portion, whereby the bucket moves from the closed position to the open position,
wherein when the bucket moves from the closed position to the open position the down stop member travels from the upper end of the slot to the lower end of the slot to maintain the bucket in the open position.
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