Patent ID: 8162416

Claim:
An anti-tip system for a piece of furniture having horizontally adjacent drawers comprising: a center panel having a right side, a left side, and an aperture extending through the panel along a longitudinal axis generally perpendicular to each side; a left drawer having an outside wall adjacent to the left side of the center panel, wherein the outside wall of the left drawer has a left control member attached thereto; a right drawer having an outside wall adjacent to the right side of the center panel, wherein the outside wall of the right drawer has a right control member attached thereto; a common shuttle pin extending through the aperture, wherein the shuttle pin has a left end extending from the left side of the center panel and a right end extending from the right side of the center panel; and a left wedge secured to the left side of the center panel and a right wedge secured to the right side of the center panel, whereby when one drawer is open, the shuttle pin is displaced by the wedge associated with the open drawer through the aperture to engage a stop on the closed drawer and prevent motion of the control member associated with the closed drawer, thereby blocking the travel of the closed drawer.