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US 4,003,614 AGranted
Drawer handle with locking mechanism
AssigneeAdams Rite Products, Inc.
InventorsLarry A. Geer, Ralph L. Sheffer
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Abstract
A drawer handle for use in the normal operation of opening and closing a cabinet mounted slide drawer, and which also includes manually operable components including a pivoted hook for engagement with a recessed keeper on the cabinet, and being operable in the final closing and initial opening movements of the drawer to apply an increased force over and above that required for normally moving the drawer in its open and partially open positions.
Claims13
A drawer handle with releasable drawer locking means, comprising:
- a. a body structure adapted for surface mounting in an upright position on a front member of a drawer;
- b. elongated handle means pivoted at one end on said body structure at a position outwardly spaced from said front member for selective swinging movements of its other end to a position of engagement with said body and to a position outwardly spaced from said body, the lower end of the handle being rearwardly angularly extended towards the body;
- c. a hook member pivoted on said body at a position outwardly spaced from said front member for swinging movements between locking and non-locking positions, said hook extending rearwardly through said front member for engagement with a keeper;
- d. means operatively connecting said hook with said handle, whereby swinging movements of the handle will be imparted to said hook;
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- e. spring detent means releasably engageable with said lower end of the handle in said position of engagement with said body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.