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In this answer I advised the OP to use what I called a 'toggle latch' or 'draw latch'. Do these things have a proper name?

toggle latch draw latch

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In the U.S. the item you refer to is most often called a draw catch. There are other names, depending on manufacturer and purpose, but I worked 19 years in commercial and residential hardware supply and we always called that a draw catch.

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I know them as an over centre latch.

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