Multiple drawer cabinet allowing one drawer opened at a time

A multi-drawer device comprising:

• a housing;
• a first drawer and a second drawer, each carried by the housing and movable between a closed position disposed within the housing and an open position extending from the housing;
• a first slide assembly having a channel and coupling the first drawer to the housing and a second slide assembly coupling the second drawer to the housing;
• a ramp associated with the first drawer;
• a follower adapted to contact and move along the ramp;
• a blocking device coupled to one of the ramp and the follower and associated with the second drawer;
• and
• a protrusion associated with the first drawer, coupled to the blocking device and adapted to be retained by the first slide assembly;
• wherein the ramp, the follower, the channel, the blocking device, the first slide assembly and the protrusion all cooperate such that as the first drawer moves from the closed position toward the open position, the follower contacts and moves along the ramp for moving the blocking device into a retained locked position caused by the channel sliding past an end of one the ramp and the follower and receiving the one of the ramp and follower that prevents the second drawer from moving to the open position and the protrusion moves in a direction having a vertical component such that the first slide retains the protrusion thereby maintaining the blocking device in the locked position.

A multi-drawer device comprising:

• a housing;
• a first drawer and a second drawer, each carried by the housing and movable between a closed position disposed within the housing and an open position extending from the housing;
• a ramp associated with the first drawer;
• a follower adapted to contact and slide along the ramp;
• a first blocking device coupled to one of the ramp and the follower and associated with the second drawer;
• and
• a support assembly adapted to retain the first blocking device;
• wherein the ramp, the follower, the support assembly and the first blocking device all cooperate such that as the first drawer moves from the closed position toward the open position, the follower contacts and slides along the ramp, for moving the first blocking device into a locked position that prevents the second drawer from moving to the open position and the support assembly contacts and retains one of the ramp and the follower, thereby retaining the first blocking device in the locked position.