Patent ID: 8833118
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: A47B,E05B,E05C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A latch for retrofitting onto a drawer, said drawer lacking a locking means, comprising: said latch releasably engaging an imperforate front panel of a drawer having a front surface; said drawer adapted to slidingly engage a cabinet having a front wall; a bracket releasably secured to said front panel, said bracket having a flat front plate adapted to overlie a predetermined section of the front surface of said front panel, a flat top plate adapted to overlie a top edge of said front panel, and a flat back plate adapted to overlie a predetermined section of an interior surface of said front panel; said latch connected to said bracket and disposed in a vertical plane within an interior of said drawer; said latch having a retracted position when said drawer is unlocked; said latch having an extended position when said drawer is locked; said latch engaging an interior surface of said front wall of said cabinet when said latch is in said extended position; a latch actuator, connected to said bracket, disposed within an interior of said drawer, said latch actuator being manually inoperable when said drawer is closed; a user-operated control device, disposed externally of said interior of said drawer, being in electrical communication with said latch actuator; said latch actuator extending said latch upon receipt of an extend latch signal from said user-operated control device; said latch actuator retracting said latch upon receipt of a retract latch signal from said user-operated control device; said latch and said bracket causing no structural modification to said drawer when attached to and detached from said drawer; said latch providing a locking means for said drawer when said bracket is attached to said drawer.