Patent ID: 6955380

Claim:
A safety latch for a drawer, comprising: an L-shaped body, including a vertical leg and a horizontal engaging arm, said vertical leg having a top surface and having a flat outer surface for mounting to the inside of a drawer, wherein said L-shaped body is configured so that the horizontal engaging arm will project inwardly into the drawer when the flat outer surface of the vertical leg is mounted to the inside of a vertical wall of the drawer; and said engaging arm having a top surface defining forward and rear ramps and a trough between said forward and rear ramps, said trough defining an upward opening, and said ramps terminating short of said upward opening in a vertical plane; wherein said engaging arm is movable up and down relative to said vertical leg; and wherein the top surface of said engaging arm, including at least a portion of said trough, is at a higher elevation than the top surface of said vertical leg when said L-shaped body is in a relaxed, unflexed position, so that, when said vertical leg is mounted to the inside of a vertical wall of the drawer flush with the top of the drawer, the top surface of said engaging arm and at least a portion of said trough project above the top of the drawer.