Patent ID: 6890043

Claim:
A furniture unit comprising: a housing defining a hollow interior which opens forwardly through an open front end; a storable component mounted on said housing for movement between a stored position wherein said storable component is disposed within said hollow interior and a use position wherein said storable component projects outwardly from said hollow interior; and a locking arrangement which locks said storable component in said stored position, said locking arrangement including a first locking element movably supported on said housing which is movable between a locked position wherein said storable component is locked in said stored position and an unlocked position wherein said storable component is movable within said housing, said locking arrangement including a rotatable cam body which cooperates with said first locking element and is rotatable about a rotation axis between an active position which biases said first locking element to said locked position and an inactive position which permits said first locking element to move to said unlocked position, said locking arrangement including an actuator having said cam body mounted thereon and adapted to effect rotation of said cam member about said rotation axis, said cam body having a cam projecting generally radially outwardly from said cam body for contacting engagement with said first locking element, said cam body being rotatable about said rotation axis and said cam being resiliently deflectable to accommodate variations in distance between said rotation axis and said first locking element.