32 a sliding arm portion 32 b body portion 32 c and receiver portion 32 d sliding arm portion 32 b defines indentations 44 and 46 which will be explained further below body portion 32 c defines aperture 48 which also will be explained further below fig1 and 13 show how the various components of the latch interact to move hook 32 between an unlatched state fig1 and a latched state fig1 as shown fig1 and 13 show primarily the upper portion of latch 22 however the following descriptions of the upper portion apply equally to the identical components in the lower portion of lock 22 beginning with the unlatched state shown in fig1 a user rotates tail portion 66 via thumb lever 64 fig1 tail portion 66 is engaged in receiver 72 a or 72 b of actuator 74 a or 74 b peg 76 is engaged with actuator 74 b and travels in raceway 78 of outer casing 26 peg 76 is also contained within receiver portion 32 d fig6 of hook 32 as shown in fig1 and 13 as actuator 74 b rotates peg 76 travels along raceway 78 and exerts lateral force against receiver portion 32 d of hook 32 causing hook 32 to slide from the open position shown in fig1 to the latched position shown in fig1 in a generally linear motion that is generally parallel with faceplate 28 during such latching sliding.