Supports: cabinet structure – Gang-bar type locking or latching means – Concealed
Patent
1995-02-24
1997-02-04
Brown, Peter R.
Supports: cabinet structure
Gang-bar type locking or latching means
Concealed
312216, 312215, E05C 706
Patent
active
055990770
ABSTRACT:
A combined locking and anti-tilt device (1) for a cabinet, and a cabinet including such a locking and anti-tilt device, having a plurality of drawers (3) mounted so as to be slidable out of the cabinet, comprising a guideway (G), and, slidably mounted within the guideway (G), a plurality of block units (7), a part (9) of each block unit (7) projecting to a position engageable by part (5) of an adjacent drawer (3), opening of a drawer (3) causing movement of an adjacent block unit (7) in a direction towards a first end of the guideway (G), the length of the guideway (G) within which the block units (7) may slide being limited such that the extent of movement of the block units (7) is limited, and a lock mechanism comprising a locking member (11) movable between a locked position and an unlocked position, is characterized in that the locking mechanism also comprises an elongate locking element (13) extending from the first end of the guideway (G) to at least the region of the locking member (11); the locking element (13) is secured to the first block unit (15) closest to the first end of the guideway (G) but arranged for relative movement with respect to the other block units (7); and the lock element (13) includes a lock engagement member (45) arranged such that in the locked position of the locking member (11), movement of the first block (15) towards the first end of the guideway (G) causes the lock engagement member (45) of the lock element (13) to engage against the locking member (11) thus limiting movement of the first block (15).
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Law Andrew J.
Parker Raymond
Barfield Anthony D.
Brown Peter R.
Flexiform Business Furniture Limited
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