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US 6,109,709 AGranted
Tool cabinet
AssigneeWaterloo Industries, Inc.
InventorsGreg Jon Holcomb, Steven Frederick Kohagen, Kent Charles Johnson, Robert J. Mehmen, Carl E. Hoffmeyer, Simon Yan
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Abstract
A combination cabinet and drawer construction includes a catch associated with the drawers that is cooperative with a biased, releasable locking bar. The locking bar is responsive to a cylinder lock actuated by a rod that engages the locking bar and rotates the bar to move it out of engagement with a leg of a drawer catch thereby releasing the drawer.
Claims16
A portable tool storage cabinet and drawers comprising, in combination:
- said cabinet including
- a base;
- a back wall;
- first and second opposite sidewalls;
- a top wall, said walls and base defining an enclosure with a front opening;
- said drawers including a plurality of drawers slidably mounted in the front opening of the cabinet enclosure and having a closed position;
- each of said drawers having lateral sides and a back side, said lateral sides each including slide mountings and at least one of said drawers further including a catch extending from the back side thereof;
- said back wall of said cabinet including a strike positioned to be engaged by the catch extending from the back side of the drawer having a catch when said drawer is in said closed position in the cabinet;
- said catch comprising an elastomeric member with elastomeric legs for engaging and gripping the strike, and said catch further including a cam surface and a locking rib extending from one leg thereof;
- said back wall of said cabinet including a vertical locking bar pivotal between a locking position for engagement with the locking rib of said catch when the associated drawer is in the closed position and an unlocking position;
- and
- a biasing member for biasing the locking bar to said locking position.
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A tool cabinet construction including a cabinet and drawers, said construction comprising in combination:
- said cabinet having a bottom wall, a top wall, first and second spaced sidewalls, a back wall and an open front to define an enclosure having an open front;
- a plurality of said drawers arranged in vertical array and each drawer slidably mounted to the cabinet sidewalls and accessible through the open front;
- a chamfered wall intermediate the open front and one of said first and second sidewalls of the cabinet;
- a cylinder lock mounted in the chamfered wall and including an actuator extending into the cabinet enclosure,
- a locking mechanism located on the inside of the back wall of the cabinet generally midway between the cabinet sidewalls;
- and
- said cylinder lock actuator extending to and connected with the locking mechanism for actuating the locking mechanism between an unlocked and locked condition.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.