Patent ID: 8282140

Claim:
A hidden locking mechanism for a piece of furniture comprising: a pivoting locking bar, said bar pivotally attached to a piece of furniture between two wall portions of a base portion of the piece of furniture, said base portion having a compartment, with an openable lid provided on the piece of furniture for accessing the compartment, said base portion provided with supporting legs that support the piece of furniture on a supporting surface, a latching hook provided on a free end of the bar, a hook receiving portion located on the lid and engagable by the movable latching hook to thereby lock and unlock the lid with respect to the base portion, and an opposite end of the bar attached to a sliding member provided on the base portion as a means for pivoting the bar to thereby move the latching hook between its locked and unlocked positions relative to the hook receiving portion when the lid is in a closed position with respect to the base portion, said sliding member attached to one of the supporting legs provided on the base portion of the piece of furniture, said supporting leg that is attached to the sliding member being movable horizontally and sideways relative to the base portion of the piece of furniture such that the bar is pivoted to thereby move the latching hook between its locked and unlocked positions relative to the hook receiving portion.