Abstract: A combined locking and anti-tilt device (1) for a cabinet, and a cabinet including such a locking and anti-tilt device, having a plurality of drawers (3) mounted so as to be slidable out of the cabinet, comprising a guideway (G), and, slidably mounted within the guideway (G), a plurality of block units (7), a part (9) of each block unit (7) projecting to a position engageable by part (5) of an adjacent drawer (3), opening of a drawer (3) causing movement of an adjacent block unit (7) in a direction towards a first end of the guideway (G), the length of the guideway (G) within which the block units (7) may slide being limited such that the extent of movement of the block units (7) is limited, and a lock mechanism comprising a locking member (11) movable between a locked position and an unlocked position, is characterized in that the locking mechanism also comprises an elongate locking element (13) extending from the first end of the guideway (G) to at least the region of the locking member (11); the locking el

Abstract: The camp kitchen cabinet structure of the invention is arranged to employ a housing, having a first row of shelves, each shelf having an abutment plate, with an intermediate row of shelves, each having an abutment plate, wherein the intermediate row includes a lowermost cavity arranged to accommodate various camping paraphernalia having extended height, with each of the shelves of various heights to accommodate various components. A cooler cabinet is selectively received within the cabinet structure of the invention for subsequent use. A top wall includes a hinged member arranged to accommodate storage and a utilizty shelf during use.

Abstract: A locking assembly for a plurality of vertically aligned drawers in a housing that includes a locking member associated with at least each of the drawers and wherein the locking member is arranged for reciprocal vertical movement relative to the housing. A slide mechanism is associated with each of the drawers with each of the slide mechanisms being aligned perpendicular to the locking mechanism and being arranged for reciprocal horizontal extension to move the drawers between closed and opened positions with respect to the housing. Each of the slide mechanisms for at least each of the drawers other than the uppermost drawer includes a ramp section that is structured and dimensioned to engage the locking member when at least any one of the drawers other than the uppermost drawer is opened such that the remaining drawers are locked in a closed position.

Abstract: The latch assembly disclosed provides a cabinet latch that is both earthquake and child resistant, but which is easy for an adult to open. This assembly can be used on cabinet doors of differing lengths and configurations.

Abstract: An all plastic container has a plurality of drawers which are pivotally secured within a frame. The drawers have pivot studs which are introduced into ramped grooves in the sides of the frame and which are retained within recesses in the sides when the container is fully assembled. Advantageously, the recesses are located behind the front surface of the container by approximately 40% of the depth of the frame.

Abstract: A portable gun rack comprises an open-faced enclosure with a securing clip or a plurality of securing clips to securely grasp one or more weapon barrels and a lower horizontal support with low retaining barriers to provide lateral support for gun butts. The gun rack may be releasably latched or otherwise coupled to a base that is mounted to a vehicle or other solid, movable or stationary object. The gun rack preferably includes means to releasably latch the rack in a horizontal or vertical orientation. The gun rack may also include a water-tight cover that may be releasably latched to the enclosure to further protect weapons from the elements. The cover may conveniently be provided with a carrying handle so that the rack can be unlatched from a base in a vehicle or residence carried to a site for use of the weapon while maintaining protection for the enclosed weapon.

Abstract: An interlock structure of the cable type for stacked plural drawer cabinet structures which limits the opening of drawers to a single drawer and prevents plural drawers being opened at the same time. An elongate base or frame is mounted in the cabinet adjacent to the drawers. The frame supports plural (one for each drawer) eccentric blocker elements and adjacent follower elements and supports at one end a provided slider element having limited movement. A cable is attached at one end to the slider and at the other end to the frame with an intermediate loop which provide two cable courses, one of said courses threaded on the successive blockers and the other course operably threaded over the respective adjacent followers maintaining the respective blockers and followers in operative engagement. The blockers are moved by interference engagement by a selected drawer.

Abstract: A file cabinet having vertically arranged horizontally movable drawers and an anti-tip lock mechanism that permits movement of a single drawer from its closed to its opened position while simultaneously locking the remaining unopened drawers against movement from their closed to their opened positions.

Abstract: A pharmaceutical cart for retaining a plurality of dispensing bins on shelves is provided with cooperating horizontal and vertical locking bars to provide easy access to each of the individual bins and a simplified locking mechanism which prevents bins from being removed when in a locked position. The cart is equipped with a plurality of cassettes, each having a pair of spaced-apart parallel shelves, and a plurality of dispensing bins disposed side-by-side on the shelves and slidably removable from the front of the cart. The horizontally extending locking bar, which has an elongated cross section, extends frontally to the lower part of bins on the upper shelf and the upper part of bins on the lower shelf. The locking bar is pivotally attached to the walls of the cassette and may be rotated to a horizontal position for removal of individual ones of the bins.

Abstract: A security system is provided for a dispensing rack on which cigarette cartons are stacked, the rack having a front face with an opening defined therein, at least one shelf for holding a stack of cartons thereon, and a shield for partially closing the opening to deter theft of the cartons placed on the shelf. The security system includes a corner bracket having an extrusion with an interior side adapted to receive an elongate support and also adapted to receive a lock bar assembly. An elongate support is mounted to the extrusion so as to securely support the shelf and also to pivotally support the shield in a cooperating manner so as to allow the shield to pivotally move between an open position wherein stacks of cartons can be added to the shelf, a first closed position wherein the cartons are protected from theft in-mass but can be removed individually from the bottom of the stack of cartons, and a second closed position wherein articles cannot be removed from the shelf.

Abstract: A gang mail box for an apartment building comprising an outer frame and an inner frame. The inner frame is pivotally connected to the outer frame which is secured to a wall of the building. A number of individual mail boxes corresponding to the number of apartments are mounted on and pivotal with the inner frame. These individual mail boxes are shaped so when the inner frame is pivoted, the tops of the individual mail boxes are exposed so the mail carrier can insert mail in them. Each mail box is provided with a hinged door having an individual mail box lock. A tempered steel security bar is provided to cover and conceal the tenants' locks on the individual mail boxes to prevent theft. This bar is hinged to the inner frame and is provided with a padlock for securing the bar in place.

Abstract: Locking apparatus for wooden cabinets for long guns such as rifles and shot guns comprises a lower stationary metal band horizontally mountable in the cabinet at about trigger height, and an upper metal band horizontally mountable in the cabinet above the lower band at about barrel height. The upper band comprises a back bar fixedly mountable to the back of the cabinet, side bars fixedly mountable to the sides of the cabinet, and a removable front locking bar which is releasably securable to the side bars. The locking bar is engaged to one of the side bars by means of a tang in one end of the locking bar which mates with an aperture in the one side bar, and is locked to the other side bar by a pin-tumber type lock in a housing coupled to the other side wall having a cam which mates with an aperture in the other end of the locking bar.

Abstract: A security system for a metal cabinet door comprises a latch adapted to be locked by a lock operating the latching members of the door. These comprise upper and lower strip members each having a plurality of hooks each of which, when the door is closed and latched, is engaged in an opening formed in a locking profiled member attached to the cabinet and at least one rotating sector whose rotation axis is perpendicular to the plane of the door. When the door is closed and latched the sector(s) enter an opening in a longitudinal member attached to the cabinet on the same side as the hinge(s). The sector is operated in the unlatching direction by the latch through a cable and in the latching direction by a return spring.

Abstract: A pharmaceutical cart for retaining a plurality of dispensing bins on shelves is provided with cooperating horizontal and vertical locking bars to provide easy access to each of the individual bins and a simplified locking mechanism which prevents bins from being removed when in a locked position. The cart is equipped with a plurality of cassettes, each having a pair of spaced-apart parallel shelves, and a plurality of dispensing bins disposed side-by-side on the shelves and slidably removable from the front of the cart. The horizontally extending locking bar, which has an elongated cross section, extends frontally to the lower part of bins on the upper shelf and the upper part of bins on the lower shelf. The locking bar is pivotally attached to the walls of the cassette and may be rotated to a horizontal position for removal of individual ones of the bins.

Abstract: A rack for storing a plurality of spools with elongated strips wound therearound comprises a box-like frame including a pair of parallel spaced plates; a plurality of partitions, each of which has on one of its surfaces a support axle for rotatably and releasably holding the spool; and means for releasably fastening the partitions in a parallel spaced relation to each other between the plates.The rack further includes elongated lock plates which have slots and notches formed in and arranged at uniform intervals longitudinally of the elongated lock plates. The lock plates are attached to the rack by pins protruding through the slots for slidably holding the lock plate to a front surface of the rack.

Abstract: A mail box for an apartment building comprising a number of individual mail boxes corresponding to the number of tenants. Each mail box has an individual mail box lock. Releasable locking means are connected to the mail boxy for covering the individual mail box locks until mail is to be removed to prevent theft. Unlocking means are provided for unlocking the releasable locking means to expose the individual tenants lock so they can get their mail.

Abstract: A pharmaceutical cart for retaining a plurality of dispensing bins on shelves is provided with cooperating horizontal and vertical locking bars to provide easy access to each of the individual bins and a simplified locking mechanism which prevents bins from being removed when in a locked position. The cart is equipped with a plurality of cassettes, each having a pair of spaced-apart parallel shelves, and a plurality of dispensing bins disposed side-by-side on the shelves and slidably removable from the front of the cart. The horizontally extending locking bar, which has an elongated cross section, extends frontally to the lower part of bins on the upper shelf and the upper part of bins on the lower shelf. The locking bar is pivotally attached to the walls of the cassette and may be rotated to a horizontal position for removal of individual ones of the bins.

Abstract: A container which is a combination tool box/organizer. The organizer section comprises at least two shelves with at least two bins per shelf. The shelves have protector covers which can be locked when in a closed position.

Abstract: Improved means for storing and retrieving articles including latching means for releasably retaining said articles, said latching means comprising a base member, a resilient lever portion projecting forwardly from said base member and formed with a latching projection extending upwardly adjacent the forward end of said lever portion to releasably retain an article on said latching means when said lever portion is in its normal raised position, and resilient means located adjacent the rear end of said base member and operable to eject an article from said base member when said lever portion is depressed, together with lock means movable into and out of a position to prevent depression of said lever to prevent unauthorized removal of articles from said latching means.

Abstract: A security system for a knock-down dispensing rack on which cigarette cartons are stacked, includes a shield across the rack opening associated with each shelf and having a lower edge spaced above the shelf the cross-sectional height of a carton of cigarettes to inhibit shoplifting by allowing only one carton at a time to be removed from a stack. The shield is pivoted to the rack to permit restocking. An optional lockup system includes a lower shield pivotally mounted to each upper shield so that it may be positioned to cover the access space under the upper shield. A pair of vertically oriented locking bars are provided. The bars lockably cover ends of the shields with the lower shields in either the position for dispensing of individual cartons, or pivoted downwardly to cover the access opening to provide a night lockup mode. A locking bracket is mounted to preclude disassembly of the security system while in a night lockup mode.

Abstract: A molded plastic carrier case is provided which forms an enclosure and which enclosure has ends and a bottom, and a pair of support walls positioned inside the enclosure with one support wall at each end of the enclosure, the enclosure having a front with an opening therein, and a tray, slidably supported at its ends on the support walls, and movable out through the enclosure opening. Additionally a lock bar is provided within the carrier case enclosure and is pivotal through a limited arc in a vertical plane for engaging an associated lock section formed on a rear portion of a tray slidably received within the carrier enclosure.

Abstract: A safety accessory (10) used in combination with a field range (100) having a plurality of burner units (101); wherein, the safety accessory (10) includes an elongated shaft member (14) pivotally secured to the side (103) of the field range (100) and having rod elements (15) that project into the interior of the field range (100) to allow only one burner unit (101) to be operatively installed on either the upper (104) or lower (105) shelf elements of the field range (100).

Abstract: An anti-tip device for a free-standing cabinet that has within it one or more forward sliding compartments, such as shelves, drawers or bins, is comprised of a pair of horizontal arms which are attached to the front of the cabinet, and which pivot on a vertical axis between a retracted position flush with the cabinet face and an extended position perpendicular to the cabinet face in response to the forward movement of a cabinet compartment.

Abstract: A storage and dispensing device is provided for use in a tape cassette dispensing machine. The device comprises a bin with side by side sliding compartments, each slidable to extend from one bid side to expose an open compartment side for insertion or removal of a cassette. The bin is mounted by means of two tongues extending from each of the upper and lower bin sides. The tongues extend rearwardly from the upper and lower bin sides. Each tongue has an opening with a slot and a locking rod is inserted into a pair of slots.

Abstract: A medical emergency crash cart includes a housing having a top formed with a recessed tray for storing instruments, supplies, and the like, and at least one side formed with an opening. A transparent cover selectably covers the tray but provides visual access to its contents. A removable door encloses the opening. At least one storage compartment is mounted on another side of the housing and is pivotable between open and closed positions. A single latch mechanism simultaneously locks the cover in position covering the tray, the door in position enclosing the opening in the housing, and the compartment in its closed position.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a plastic tool box having a locking mechanism for the lid and drawer. When the locking mechanism is in the unlocked position, the drawer may be opened regardless of lid position; when the locking mechanism is in the locked position, the drawer may be opened only when the lid is open.

Abstract: A drawer lock subassembly (16) for one or more drawers (25 and 26) is described. The assembly includes stop members (18) which are secured in hole (17a) in a slide member (17) mounted in a recess lip. The slide member is held in place by a clip (23) on a subassembly (15) which holds the slide member in place for vertical sliding movement in the recess. The stop member is moved by the slide member into a locked or unlocked position by a key (19a) activating a lever (22).

Abstract: An improved locking system for a series of vertical arrayed drawers includes a plurality of dogs mounted on a pivot rod attached to a panel adjacent the series of drawers. The dogs pivot in response to an actuator plate which is driven by cam drive associated with movement of the drawers. The mechanism is useful for operation of a series of drawers in vertical array to maintain all of the drawers closed or to maintain selected drawers in a closed condition.

Abstract: In association with a conventional truck box, trailer or enclosure having a rear door communicating with the sides, top and bottom of the enclosure, a hollow holding sleeve is secured to the inside of the door with a securing plate fastened to one side of the enclosure and a locking plate to the other side. The plates include apertures which are aligned with the hollow holding sleeve and the locking plate communicates with the exterior of the enclosure. A locking bar extends through the aperture of the locking plate and the hollow holding sleeve and into the aperture of the securing plate. A locking device is mounted onto the locking plate to securely hold the locking bar in place. When the locking bar is in place, movement of the door is prohibited and the door can not be opened.

Abstract: A locking device for securing the doors of a cabinet or the like of the type having a pair of doors mounted for hinged movement about spaced, substantially perpendicular axes, the device providing an engagement member adapted to be mounted on the cabinet, and a body portion adapted to be installed on one of the doors having a first retaining element and a second retaining element adapted to be disposed in restraining relation to the doors when the doors are disposed in a closed attitude, with a locking member borne by the first retaining element for lockable engagement with the engagement member.

Abstract: A lateral type file cabinet is provided with a predetermined number of file drawers suspended therein for movement between drawer open and drawer closed positions. Lock and interlock mechanisms are provided in the cabinet for coaction with the drawers to prevent withdrawal of more than one drawer at a time and to lock all drawers in the cabinet. The interlock mechanism includes a stack of interlock bars; their being one less bar than the number of drawers. Each bar includes an upper an a lower actuator block; with the blocks disposed for coaction with the radiused leading edge of an interlock track carried by each drawer. When a drawer is pulled from the cabinet the interlock track engages the appropriate actuator block to raise its bar and all interlock bars thereabove. The actuator blocks on the raised bars prevent movement of all drawers above the open one.

Abstract: To prevent opening movement of a door hinged to the side panel of a pickup storage box, a longitudinally extending bar is mounted on levers pivoted to mountings secured to the storage box to move between a lower position overlying and obstructing the door and an upper position out of the way of the door and extending above the storage box. A releasable locking means holds the bar in either the lower position or the upper position.

Abstract: A locking device for retaining a plurality of drawers in secured relation in a cabinet even while the cabinet is being transported and subjected to extreme vibrations. The device includes a rod carried in openings provided in upper and lower support brackets secured, respectively, to upper and lower surfaces of the cabinet. The rod is movable into and out of engagement with the drawers while remaining in the support bracket. The rod is provided with protrusions in the form of roll pins for retention of the rods in the brackets. The brackets are provided with grooves adjacent the openings to permit insertion of the protrusions on the rod therethrough. The roll pins extend beyond the openings in the brackets and are disposed for engagement with the lower surfaces thereof to prevent the rod from coming out of the brackets even under extreme vibrations.

Abstract: A cabinet has drawers mounted for movement in and out of the cabinet to prevent the cabinet from tipping when one or more of those drawers are displaced outside the cabinet while still attached to the cabinet, a stabilizer leg is provided with an interlock. The interlock prevents the drawer from being removed and tipping the cabinet until the stabilizer leg is in place.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a medication dispensing system comprising a medication cart having one or more medication cassettes. The panels forming the cassette interlock in an unique manner and are rigidly secured together by an U-shaped frame. Novel lock means insure that medication trays contained in the cassette may be locked.

Abstract: The storage cabinet comprises a plurality of superposed storage compartments pivoting about horizontal axes to pass from an open position to a closed position, and vice-versa.Each compartment is in the shape of a trough with a bottom part constituted by a portion of cylinder and two lateral end walls.Each trough is provided at its rear part with a tongue piece which extends inwardly substantially perpendicularly to the bottom wall of the trough and ensures, in the trough closed position, a continuity with the bottom wall of the lower adjacent trough, so that in the closed position, each trough is entirely closed.

Abstract: An improved locking system for furniture of the type having a plurality of drawers, at least one of which is locked from a remote position through a keyed operator module by translating a slide bar to interfere with one of the drawers in a locked position. A flexible, rotatable cable extends between the operator module and a connector/actuator module associated with the slide bar. The connector/actuator module comprises a crank with an integral shaft and rotatable, eccentric lug which is directed in an L-shaped slot in a slide plate. Rotation of the cable imparts translatory movement to the slide plate which is followed by the slide bar. In another aspect of the invention, the operator module, which is geared to the cable through a translatable rack, causes extension of a bolt on the rack to lock a second drawer simultaneously as the slide bar realizes a locked position.

Abstract: The invention is a system for securing the data stored within a computer. The system 10 includes a cabinet 11 having a peripheral frame 12 with at least one drawer 22C having a front panel 24C moveable from a closed position to an open position. The drawer 22C is adapted to hold that portion 26 of the computer containing the data to be secured. The system further comprises electrical connector halves 28, 29 mounted in the front panel 24C of the drawer 22C having electrical cables 30 and 31 coupled to the portion 26 of the computer therein. The connectors are adapted to mate with external electrical connector halves 32, 33 attachable thereto. A cover 48, mounted to the cabinet, is moveable from a first position covering the electrical connector halves 28, 29 to a second position allowing access thereto. A lock 63 is provided which is adapted to lock the cover to the cabinet.

Abstract: A locking device for retaining a plurality of drawers in secured relation in a cabinet even while the cabinet is being transported and subjected to vibrations. The device includes a rod carried in snug fitting relation in openings provided in upper and lower support brackets secured, respectively, to upper and lower surfaces of the cabinet. The rod is movable into and out of engagement with the drawers while remaining in the support bracket.

Abstract: An improved hasp construction is disclosed for use in releasably securing a pair of adjacently disposed closures in a closed condition relative to a closure bounding frame; the hasp including a first plate secured to one of the closures and a second plate hingedly mounted on the first plate for movement between an operative position in which it overlies the second closure and cooperates with a frame mounted staple to releasably secure both of the closures in their closed condition and inoperative position in which it is removed from cooperative association with the staple and arranged to overlie the first closure to permit selective opening movements of the closures relative to one another and the frame.

Abstract: An anti-tip blocking device is disclosed for preventing the opening of more than one file drawer in a file cabinet at the same time. The device includes a plurality of locking bars and cam elements vertically stacked in a vertical channel one upon the other alternately to slide vertically therein. The cam elements are engaged by pins carried by the file drawers whereby opening of any file drawer requires additional vertical space in the channel to be occupied. With the free vertical space in the channel limited to the space required for the opening of one drawer, once any one drawer is opened, no other drawer may be opened. The improvement disclosed involves providing each cam element with a cylindrical bearing surface to contact the vertical channel so that the cam element is vertically slidably in the channel while being rotatable about the axis of the cylindrical bearing surface.

Abstract: A security cabinet for protecting one's valuables having a key actuatable locking means provided with an elongate locking bar for lockingly engaging with a door flange provided on the inner side of the door. Additional locking means are provided along the hinge side of the door in the form of an additional key actuatable locking bar or a series of internal locking pins carried by the door and cooperating with cutouts provided in the surrounding door-jamb or frame.

Abstract: A locking device for retaining a plurality of drawers in secured relation a cabinet even while the cabinet is transported over rough terrain. The device includes a rod which is rotatable into and out of engagement with the drawers for releasably securing the drawers.

Abstract: A combination-controlled lock assembly for use with a journal or book, such as a diary, which comprises a lock housing, a first cover clamp securing the housing to one book cover, a second cover clamp affixed to the other book cover and having a latch element thereon which is intermateable with said housing, a latching plate slidably disposed within said housing, said plate having an open hook-shaped receptacle aligned for intermating with said latch element and slidable with said plate between a latching position and a retracted position, and combination-controlled means for selectively enabling the latching plate to slide within said housing between said positions.

Abstract: A locking device for interlocking drawers in a file cabinet includes an elongated L-shaped locking member pivoted adjacent to an interior corner of the cabinet and cooperating with a fixed arm on each of the cabinet drawers so that withdrawal of any drawer pivots the L-shaped member to prevent the withdrawal of any other drawer.

Abstract: The lightweight drawer support assembly of the present invention includes a plurality of drawers each having an open frame and a depending flexible compartment. In a closed condition, the drawers are supported in a hollow rectangular frame in vertically stacked alignment on upstanding front and rear fixed drawer support posts. In an open condition out of the hollow interior of the frame, any one of the drawers is supported on its front end by the upstanding fixed front drawer support posts, and on its rear ends on upstanding movable rear drawer support posts slidably mounted to the sides of the hollow frame for movement in a direction generally transverse to their long axes. The upstanding movable rear drawer support posts have a plurality of vertically spaced rearwardly extending projections that yoke and support corresponding laterally and outwardly extending shoulder portions at the rear of the drawers.

Abstract: A cabinet 10 has internal units which can be slid out of the cabinet on slides 12. The slides are mounted in slots 15 in the side walls 14, 16 of the cabinet. To prevent several of the units being slid out simultaneously, which may cause the cabinet to topple forward, a safety device 34 consisting of a number of blocking elements 36 on a guide 38 is arranged near one side of the entrance 20 to the cabinet 10. The guide 38 has a free length which enables the blocking elements to be slid along the guide to release one of the units, but which does not permit the blocking elements to be slid to release further units.

Abstract: A file cabinet having drawers and doors and an anti-tip lock mechanism that simultaneously locks all closed doors and drawers when in a locking mode and that permits movement of a single drawer from its closed to its open position while simultaneously locking both the remaining unopened doors and all of the other drawers against movement from their closed to their open positions when in an unlocked mode.

Abstract: A drawer interlock apparatus for multiple drawers having at least one drawer locking cam for each drawer, which is pivotally movable between open and closed positions, a drawer pin on each drawer interengageable with the cam, when in the closed position, and being releaseable from the cam in the open position to permit the drawer to be opened, linkage connecting the cam with the next adjacent cam of a next adjacent drawer, such linkage being responsive to opening movement of said first mentioned cam, to prevent opening movement of the second mentioned cam.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a medication dispensing system comprising a medication cart having one or more medication cassettes. The panels forming the cassette interlock in an unique manner and are rigidly secured together by an U-shaped frame. Novel lock means insure that medication trays contained in the cassette may be locked.