Abstract: An operating mechanism to releasably engage a strike assembly to maintain a movable closure element in a predetermined position. The operating mechanism has a base with a first axis and a wall extending around the first axis and defining a passageway. A latch system has (a) a latched state in which the latch system engages a strike element and (b) a released state wherein the latch system can be disengaged from the strike element. The operating mechanism further includes an actuating system that is changeable from a first state into a second state to thereby change the state of the latch system. The actuating system has a first link which is movable within the passageway from a first position into a second position to change the state of the latch system. The actuating system further includes an actuating assembly that can be connected to the base without requiring separate fasteners.

Abstract: A lock system for releasably maintaining a movable closure element in one of two different positions for the movable closure element relative to a support for the movable closure element. The lock system has a latching assembly with a first state and a second state. The latching assembly in the first state is releasably engageable with a part of the support to thereby releasably maintain the movable closure element with which the lock system is associated in the one position. The latching assembly has a first element that is changed from the first position into a second position to thereby cause the latching assembly to be changed from a first state into the second state, whereupon the movable closure element with which the lock system is associated can be moved from the one position into the other of the two different positions. The lock system further includes an actuating system for the latching assembly.