Patent ID: 7481503

Claim:
A storage cabinet assembly, comprising: a housing, comprising: a pair of sidewalls; a rear wall; a bottom wall; and a top wall that cooperates with the sidewalls, the rear wall and the bottom wall to form a storage area; a pair of uprights fixedly secured to the sidewalls disposed across the housing from one another; a pair of drawer slide assemblies each including a first rail member operably coupled to one of the uprights, and a second rail member telescopingly coupled to the first rail member; at least two drawers operably coupled to the second rail member of each drawer slide assembly and moveable between an open position, wherein at least a portion of the drawer extends outwardly from within the storage area, and a closed position, wherein the drawer is retracted into the storage area, each drawer including an actuator member; and a drawer interlock assembly for preventing the simultaneous opening of two drawers, the drawer interlock including a mounting member operably coupled to one of the uprights adjacent each drawer, a cam pivotably coupled to the mounting member adjacent each drawer, each cam moving from a first position to a second position when the drawer is moved from the closed position to an open position, and from the second position to the first position when the drawer is moved from the open position to the closed position, each cam operably coupled with the other cams such that the movement of one cam from the first position to the second position prevents movement of the other cams from the first position to the second position, and wherein at least a portion of the mounting member is positioned between one of the drawer slide assemblies and one of the uprights and is held in position by abutment with the drawer slide assembly.