Patent ID: 7144092

Claim:
An arresting apparatus of multilayer drawers, comprising: a cabinet body having a bottom board near the ground and a top board opposite to the bottom board, the cabinet body further having several sideboards adjacent to the bottom board and the top board, one of the sideboards being formed with an opening, the cabinet body defining therein a receiving space communicating with the opening, the cabinet body having an inner wall face opposite to the opening; several drawers slidably mounted in the receiving space, each drawer having a back board corresponding to the inner wall face, the backboard being positioned in the receiving space, an arresting member being disposed on the backboard of the drawer; an arresting unit including a linear rail mounted on the inner wall face, the linear rail extending from the top board to the bottom board of the cabinet body, a stop member being disposed at one end of the linear rail near the bottom board, several movable members being slidably arranged on the linear rail respectively corresponding to the drawers, each movable member having a head section directed to the top board and a bottom section directed to the bottom board, the bottom section of the movable member abutting against the head section of an adjacent movable member, the stop member abutting against the bottom section of a bottommost movable member; and a stop mechanism disposed at upper end of the linear rail near the top board for stopping the movable members from sliding upward, the bottom section of each movable member being formed with a working slope, the working slope and the linear rail defining a notch, the head section of each movable member being formed with a slide channel in which a locating member of an adjacent movable member is slidably disposed, the locating member being pivotally mounted on the bottom section of the movable member, the locating member having a first guide face, a second guide face and a recessed hook section between the first and second guide faces, a stop section being disposed on one side of the locating member, one of the first and second guide faces abutting against the slide channel of the adjacent movable member, the stop section of the locating member abutting against the head section of the adjacent movable member to prevent the locating member from dropping out, whereby the arresting member of the drawer can hook the hook section of a corresponding movable member to be located in the notch of the movable member.