Latching mechanism

A latching mechanism for a drawer which has a front panel with a front side and a rear side, the latching mechanism including:

• a) A handle which is pulled towards a user when the latching mechanism is being opened and pushed away from the user when the latching mechanism is being closed;
• b) A latch which is moveable between an extended orientation and a retracted orientation;
• c) An oblique surface on the latch which is obliquely angled relative to the direction of opening or closing movement of the handle;
• d) An actuator which contacts the oblique latch surface when the handle is pulled towards the user, forcing the latch towards the retracted orientation;
• e) Biasing means which biases the latch towards the extended orientation;
• and
• f) A link which connects the handle to the other parts of the latching mechanism;
• wherein, when the latching mechanism is installed on a drawer, the link is installed over an edge of the drawer front panel so that the handle is located on the front side of the front panel and the latch, actuator and biasing means are located on the rear side of the front panel.