Final closing device for closure member on a vehicle

Abstract From the Canadian patent

A final closing device for a closure member on a vehicle is disclosed. The closure member which may be, swingably, slidably or otherwise mounted for movement between open and closed positions on a vehicle body member includes a latch bolt movable between latched and unlatched positions. The final closing device includes a striker support plate mounted on the body member for rotational movement about an axis perpendicular to such plate a, striker carried by the striker support plate and projecting therefrom at a position eccentrically offset from the axis and means carried by the body member and connected to the striker support plate for rotating the striker support plate. The final closing …