Patents Assigned to G. A. Richards Company
  • Patent number: 4889396
    Abstract: A drawer interlock combination for a stack or tier of drawers and simplified to include a frame forming a receptacle guide for a plurality of rotors, one rotor for each drawer in the stack and the same frame guiding a plurality of actuators, one for each drawer through a path limited in both extremes of travel and displaceable by the action of only one of the rotors so that only a single drawer may be opened at a time and plural drawers cannot be opened concurrently. The device may be completely locked by simple blocking of the travel of the actuators to less displacement than by an single of the rotors. The structure is simple, economical and easy to install. The parts repeat themselves and provide excellent drawer stabilization with overall locking of all drawers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1988
    Date of Patent: December 26, 1989
    Assignee: G. A. Richards Company
    Inventors: Terry L. Mitchell, Fredrick E. Sutton, Todd A. Sutton