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US 2006/0220503 A1Published application
Locking system for top box mounted on roll-away cabinet
AssigneeMechanics Custom Tools Corporation
InventorScott Widrig
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Abstract
A locking system for a roll-away cabinet add-on such as a top box that integrates with the existing locking mechanism of the roll-away such that the drawers of the top box are automatically locked and unlocked when the drawers of the roll-away cabinet are locked and unlocked and wherein the top box does not need its own individual locking system.
Claims20
A tool storage device comprising:
- a first housing having at least one first housing drawer extendable therefrom and at least one first housing locking bar positionable in a first position allowing the first housing drawer to be extended from the first housing and a second position locking the first housing drawer within the first housing;
- a second housing having at least one second housing drawer extendable therefrom and at least one second housing locking bar positionable in a first position allowing the at least one second housing drawer to be extended from the second housing and a second position locking the second housing drawer within the first housing;
- wherein the first housing is positioned on top of the second housing such that a bottom of the at least one first housing locking bar registers against a top portion of the at least one second housing locking bar such that movement of the second housing locking bar causes movement of the first housing locking bar.
A top box comprising:
- a housing;
- at least one drawer positioned in the housing and extendable therefrom;
- at least one vertical lock bar moveable between a first position locking the drawer in the housing and a second position releasing the drawer such that the at least one drawer can be extended from the housing,
- wherein a portion of the at least one vertical lock bar extends from a bottom of the housing and is engageable with an existing vertical lock bar of a roll-away cabinet.
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In combination, a top box and a roll-away cabinet comprising;
- a roll-away housing mounted on a plurality of wheels;
- a plurality of drawers mounted in the roll-away housing and extendable therefrom;
- a roll-away housing locking system comprising a vertical lock bar moveable between a first position locking the plurality of drawers in the roll-away housing and a second position releasing the plurality of drawers such that it can be extended from the roll-away housing;
- a top box housing mounted on top of the roll-away cabinet;
- at least one top box drawer positioned in the top box housing and extendable therefrom;
- at least one vertical top box lock bar moveable between a first position locking the top box drawer in the top box housing and a second position releasing the top box drawer such that the top box drawer can be extended from the topbox housing,
- wherein a portion of the at least one vertical top box lock bar extends from the bottom of the top box housing and into the housing of the roll-away cabinet and is engageable with the vertical lock bar of the roll-away cabinet such that locking system of the roll-away cabinet locks and un-locks the top box.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.