Drawer interlock systems for furniture

A piece of furniture comprising:

• a frame including a base, the base configured to be spaced apart from a support surface of the piece of furniture;
• a locking rail secured to the frame;
• a first drawer slidably supported in the frame, the first drawer having an open position and a closed position, the first drawer having a back end positioned adjacent the locking rail in the closed position;
• a second drawer slidably supported in the frame, the second drawer having an open position and a closed position, the second drawer having a back end positioned adjacent the locking rail in the closed position;
• a single continuous support strap;
• a first drawer locking system comprising:
• a first lock plate mounted to the locking rail, the first lock plate including a first stop;
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• a first lock hook pivotally mounted to the first lock plate, the first lock hook comprising a first body having a first end portion and a second end portion, the first lock hook having a locked configuration in which the first end portion is configured to engage the first drawer to prevent the first drawer from moving from a closed position towards an open position thereof, the first lock hook having an unlocked configuration in which the first end portion is configured to disengage the first drawer to allow the first drawer to move from the closed position towards the open position, the second end portion engaged with the support strap such that the support strap pivots the first lock hook from the locked configuration to the unlocked configuration, the first stop of the first lock plate configured to engage the second end portion to prevent over pivoting of the second end portion beyond the unlocked configuration;
• wherein the first lock plate of the first drawer locking system is mounted to the locking rail behind the back end of the first drawer, the first lock hook engaged with the back end of the first drawer in the locked configuration to prevent the first drawer from sliding from the closed position;
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• a second drawer locking system comprising:
• a second lock plate mounted to a locking rail, the lock plate including a second stop;
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• a second lock hook pivotally mounted to the second lock plate, the second lock hook comprising a second body having a first end portion and a second end portion, the second lock hook having a locked configuration in which the first end portion is configured to engage the second drawer of a piece of furniture to prevent the second drawer from moving from a closed position towards an open position thereof, the second lock hook having an unlocked configuration in which the first end portion is configured to disengage the second drawer to allow the second drawer to move from the closed position towards the open position, the second end portion engaged with the support strap such that the support strap pivots the second lock hook from the locked configuration to the unlocked configuration, the second stop of the second lock plate configured to engage the second end portion to prevent over pivoting of the second end portion beyond the unlocked configuration;
• wherein the second lock plate of the second drawer locking system mounted to the locking rail behind the back end of the second drawer, the second lock hook engaged with the back end of the second drawer in the locked configuration to prevent the second drawer from sliding from the closed position, the support strap forming the single continuous support strap such that the single continuous support strap transitions the first drawer locking system and the second drawer locking system from the locked configuration to the unlocked configuration in concert with one another, the base of the frame positioned below the first drawer and the second drawer, the single continuous support strap configured to secure to the support surface or a wall below the base such that the first drawer locking system and the second drawer locking system are each transitioned to the unlocked configuration.