pawl 60 is positioned so that the top wall 62 of the pawl 60 and the underside of the forward end of the plate 30 are generally parallel and spaced from one another by slightly more than the thickness of the frame 150 thereby securing the panel 160 in a closed and locked position to operate the latch 10 to open the panel 160 the operator places a finger in the concavity 96 and pushes downwardly and rearwardly against the front wall 102 of the rear pleat 100 the travel of the rigid forward portion of the actuator 50 namely the front pleat 80 and the pawl 50 is limited and defined by the camming action of the pins 92 94 pressing against the respective edges of the apertures 34 36 formed in the side walls 24 26 of the latch body 20 simultaneously the flexible rear portion of the actuator 50 namely the rear pleat 100 and the rear section 110 are compressed as best seen in fig9 when the rigid forward portion of the actuator 50 has reached the ultimate limit of its rearward travel such as depicted in fig3 the pawl 60 extends no further forward than the edge 164 of the panel 160 thereby permitting the operator to pull the panel open such as depicted in fig7 when the operator removes her finger from the concavity 96 the spring means forces the rigid forward section of the actuator 50 forward to close and lock the panel 160 the operator can again manually retract the actuator 50 and push the panel 160 closed or in.