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US 2009/0243444 A1Published application
Storage unit
AssigneeThe Mills Company Inc.
InventorsKlaus Fromme, David W. Newberry, Mark A. Thielke, James R. Heimler, Richard A. Goodare, Brian J. Boeck
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Abstract
A storage unit providing a storage space is disclosed. The storage unit comprises a base and a panel moveable relative to the base to expose and conceal a storage space a handle configured for at least vertical movement, at least one connector configured for at least vertical movement, and a member coupled by the connector to the handle through the panel and configured for at least horizontal movement.
Claims25
A locker comprising:
- a base defining a storage space;
- a door coupled to the base;
- a handle accessible from an exterior side of the door and configured for at least vertical movement;
- a latch bar supported at an interior side of the door and configured for at least horizontal movement;
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- at least one projection configured to engage a slot for at least partially controlling the movement of the latch bar, the slot having at least one edge extending vertically and horizontally.
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A locker comprising:
- a base defining a storage space;
- a door coupled to the base and defining a first slot;
- a latch bar supported at an interior side of the door and configured for at least horizontal movement between an extended position and a retracted position, the latch bar defining a second slot;
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- a handle accessible from an exterior side of the door and configured for at least vertical movement;
- a projection configured to engage one of the first slot and the second slot to allow the latch bar to move between the extended position and the retracted position upon movement of the handle,
- wherein at least one of the first slot and the second slot has at least one edge extending vertically and horizontally.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.