Latch for a cabinet
AssigneeAustin Hardware & Supply, Inc.
InventorMark Steven Jeffries
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Abstract
A latch for a cabinet is described. The latch may be used to secure a door of the cabinet in a closed position. The latch includes a pawl member that pivots or rotates relative to a pivot plate. The pawl member includes a pawl tip generally opposite of a pawl fulcrum end. The latch includes a striker. The pawl member engages and disengages with the striker. The latch includes a handle that is configured to move. The handle includes an upper end. The upper end is configured to contact the pawl lever end to cause the pawl member to pivot or rotate relative to the pivot plate to disengage the pawl member from the striker.
Claims19
A cabinet with a door, comprising:
- a cabinet comprising an upper wall and a lower wall;
- a door hingedly connected to the cabinet by a hinge connecting the upper wall of the cabinet with an upper side of the door;
- a latch for the cabinet and the door, comprising:
- a pawl member that pivots or rotates relative to a pivot plate, the pivot plate attached to the door;
- the pawl member includes a pawl tip generally opposite of a pawl fulcrum end;
- a striker, wherein the pawl member engages and disengages with the striker, the striker affixed to the lower wall;
- a handle configured to move, the handle movably engaged to the door, the handle comprising an upper end;
- and,
- the upper end configured to contact the pawl tip to cause the pawl member to pivot or rotate relative to the pivot plate to disengage the pawl member from the striker.
A latch for a cabinet, comprising:
- a pawl member that pivots or rotates relative to a pivot plate;
- the pawl member includes a pawl tip generally opposite of a pawl fulcrum end;
- a striker, wherein the pawl member engages and disengages with the striker;
- a handle configured to move, the handle comprising an upper end;
- and,
- the upper end configured to contact the pawl tip to cause the pawl member to pivot or rotate relative to the pivot plate to disengage the pawl member from the striker;
- wherein the pawl member includes a catch portion between the pawl tip and the pawl fulcrum end, wherein the catch portion engages with the striker;
- and, wherein the catch portion is a curved or arched section in the pawl member, the catch portion includes a concave surface that receives the striker, the concave surface guides the pawl member to engage a locking lip of the concave surface with a locking tip of the striker.
A latch for a cabinet, comprising:
- a pawl member that pivots or rotates relative to a pivot plate;
- the pawl member includes a pawl tip generally opposite of a pawl fulcrum end;
- a striker, wherein the pawl member engages and disengages with the striker;
- a handle configured to move, the handle comprising an upper end;
- and,
- the upper end configured to contact the pawl tip to cause the pawl member to pivot or rotate relative to the pivot plate to disengage the pawl member from the striker;
- and,
- wherein the pawl member includes an upper surface, the pivot plate includes a lower surface, and one or more springs are positioned between the upper surface and the lower surface, and the one or more springs bias the pawl member downward.
A cabinet with a door, comprising:
- a cabinet comprising an upper wall and a lower wall;
- a door hingedly connected to the cabinet by a hinge connecting the upper wall of the cabinet with an upper side of the door;
- a striker affixed to the lower wall;
- a pivot plate affixed to the door;
- a pawl member that pivots relative to the pivot plate to engage and disengage from the striker;
- the pawl member includes a pawl tip generally opposite of a pawl fulcrum end;
- a handle movably engaged to the door, the handle member comprising an upper surface;
- and,
- the upper surface configured to contact the pawl tip to cause the pawl member to pivot relative to the pivot plate to disengage the pawl member from the striker.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.