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US 7,001,001 B1Granted
Cabinet
AssigneeA & A Sheet Metal Products, Inc.
InventorJames M. Spencer
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Abstract
A cabinet includes at least two doors located on opposite sides of the cabinet. The cabinet includes an interlocking means comprising a pair of release mechanisms, locking mechanisms, and latching mechanism. The latching mechanism functions to retain the doors in the closed position unless activated by an operator, allowing the doors to be opened. The locking mechanism prevents the latching mechanism from being activated when the opposing door is open. The release mechanism communicates the position of the door to the locking mechanism associated with the other door.
Claims12
A cabinet, including:
- a frame;
- a first set of doors and a second set of doors attached to the frame, each of the first and the second set of doors including at least two individual doors;
- and
- means for retaining the first set of the doors in the closed position when at least one door of the second set of doors is opened
- wherein the means for retaining includes:
- a release mechanism having a channel with a first end and a second end, a body located in the channel and having a first end and a second end, and a first means for biasing the body toward the second end of the channel;
- a locking mechanism having a channel and a locking member pivotally connected to the channel, the locking member having a first end and a second end, and a second means for biasing the locking member;
- and
- wherein the locking mechanism cooperates with the release mechanism such that opening one door of the second set of doors activates the locking mechanism which in turn locks the first set of doors in the closed position.
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A cabinet, including:
- a first door having a latching mechanism;
- a second door;
- a release mechanism having a body with a first end and a second end;
- and
- a locking member having a first end and a second end, the locking member positioned such that when the second door is closed, the second door contacts the first end of the body causing the second end of the body to contact the first end of the locking member and pivot the locking member so as to allow movement of the latching mechanism such that the first door may be opened.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.