Patent ID: 8052229
Filing Date: 2011-11-08
Classification: E05B

Abstract:
1. An interlocking mechanism, comprising: a plurality of sliding rails mounted to a cabinet, each sliding rail comprising an outer rail and an inner rail slidably attached to the outer rail; a plurality of interlocking members capable of moving from a first position to a second position, each interlocking member defining a driving portion and a retaining opening, wherein the retaining opening comprises a guiding part and a retaining part; the interlocking members are respectively attached to the sliding rails; and a rod resiliently and slidably attached to the cabinet, wherein the rod is capable of moving from a third position to a forth position; and the rod comprises a plurality of protrusions and a plurality of corresponding resilient members, each resilient member is angled away from the rod such that the angle is open toward the direction the rod slides and corresponding to each of the interlocking members; on the condition that one of the interlocking members moves from the first position to the second position, the driving portion of the interlocking member is capable of pushing the corresponding protrusion to drive the rod to move to the forth position, the retaining opening guiding part of the interlocking member is capable of deforming the corresponding resilient member, the other resilient members are capable of moving to the retaining opening retaining parts to lock the other interlocking members to prevent the corresponding sliding rails from sliding; wherein each of the resilient members comprises a first end and a second end, the first end is fixed to the rod, the second end is a free end, and each of the protrusions extends from the rod adjacent the free end of a corresponding one of the resilient members.