Front locking device for releasably engaging a drawer to a drawer slide

A front locking system for releasably securing a drawer to a drawer slide in an undermount configuration comprising:

• a catch insert extends through an aperture of a drawer slide, wherein the catch insert comprises a plurality of alternating ridges and grooves longitudinally spaced and horizontally aligned in a direction parallel to a sliding direction of a drawer, wherein the plurality of alternating ridges and grooves faces a direction substantially perpendicular to the sliding direction of the drawer, and wherein the plurality of alternating ridges and grooves extend through the aperture beyond a surface of the drawer slide adjacent to the aperture;
• a locking lever comprising a plurality of teeth corresponding to the plurality of ridges and grooves of the catch insert, said plurality of teeth of the locking lever being longitudinally spaced and horizontally aligned in a direction parallel to the sliding direction of the drawer, wherein the locking lever pivots between a first position having at least one tooth engaged with a corresponding groove of the catch insert and a second position having said at least one tooth disengaged from said corresponding groove, and said locking lever being pivotably mountable to the underside of the drawer;
• a spring means urging said at least one tooth of the locking lever to be engagingly received within said corresponding groove of the catch insert;
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• a drawer slide engaging member comprising a protrusion, wherein the protrusion is configured to ensure engagement between the locking lever and the catch insert.