Patent ID: 8348357
Filing Date: 2013-01-08
Classification: E05B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A drawer assembly including a locking mechanism, the drawer assembly comprising: a cabinet comprising a plurality of laterally displaceable drawers, each drawer movably coupled to the cabinet with a first drawer guide coupled to a first lateral sidewall of the drawer and a second drawer guide coupled to a second lateral sidewall of the drawer opposing the first lateral sidewall; a primary actuation element secured to a face of the cabinet proximate a front side wall of at least one drawer of the plurality of laterally displaceable drawers, said primary actuation element being pivotably coupled to the cabinet and being displaceable between a locked condition and an unlocked condition, wherein, in the locked condition, the primary actuation element is substantially flush with the face of the cabinet, and wherein, in the unlocked condition, the primary actuation element extends outwardly from the face of the cabinet; and a secondary actuation element slidably mounted in said cabinet for vertical displacement and coupled to the primary actuation element for displacing the secondary actuation element between an open condition when the primary actuation element is positioned in the unlocked condition and a closed condition when the primary actuation element is positioned in the locked condition, said secondary actuation element comprising a plurality of blocking elements, each blocking element of the plurality of blocking elements being associated with one drawer of the plurality of drawers, wherein, in the closed condition, each blocking element of the plurality of blocking elements is positioned directly in a path of at least one drawer guide of the first and second drawer guides of the associated one drawer to block movement of the least one drawer guide when the primary actuation element is positioned in said locked condition to preclude displacement of the at least one drawer guide of each drawer of the plurality of drawers and a resulting displacement of each drawer of the plurality of drawers in the cabinet, and wherein, in the open condition, each blocking element of the plurality of blocking elements is positioned out of the path of the at least one drawer guide of the associated one drawer to enable movement of each drawer of the plurality of drawers when the primary actuation element is positioned in the unlocked position, wherein the primary actuation element is a lever pivotally coupled to the cabinet, wherein a coupling between the lever and the secondary actuation element is adjustable, wherein an end of the lever is adjustable in length to form the adjustable coupling between the lever and the secondary actuation element, wherein the end of the lever is formed by a threaded member that is threadedly inserted into a threaded aperture formed on the body of the lever, the threaded member being threadedly insertable into the threaded aperture and threadedly retractable from the threaded aperture to adjust the length of the lever.