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US 7,567,744 B2Granted
Rear drawer latch
AssigneeADC Telecommunications, Inc.
InventorsDennis Krampotich, Ryan Kostecka
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Abstract
A cable management panel including a chassis and a drawer slidably mounted to the chassis. The panel includes a rear drawer latch assembly that automatically locks the drawer in the open position to prevent inadvertent closing movement of the drawer.
Claims23
A cable management panel, comprising:
- a) a chassis;
- b) a drawer mounted to the chassis, the drawer having a front and a rear, the drawer being configured to slide between an open position and a closed position relative to the chassis;
- and
- c) a rear drawer latch assembly located at the rear of the drawer, the rear drawer latch assembly including:
- i) a latch body that vertically moves between an unlocked position and a locked position, the latch body including a foot that prevents closing movement of the drawer when the latch body is positioned in the locked position;
- and
- ii) a spring that biases the latch body toward the locked position.
4 more elements
A cable management panel, comprising:
- a) a chassis;
- b) a drawer mounted to the chassis, the drawer having a front and a rear, the drawer being configured to slide between an open position and a closed position relative to the chassis;
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- c) a rear drawer latch assembly located at the rear of the drawer and above a slide portion of the drawer, the rear drawer latch assembly including:
- i) a latch body positionable in an unlocked position and a locked position, the latch body including a foot that prevents closing movement of the drawer when the latch body is positioned in the locked position;
- and
- ii) a spring that biases the latch body toward the locked position.
4 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.