CABINET LOCK

摘要

A cabinet lock includes a first knob mount and a separate second knob mount. The first knob mount is arranged to mate with a doorknob carried on a first cabinet door. The second knob mount is arranged to mate with a doorknob carried on the second cabinet door to retain the first and second cabinet doors in closed positions.

主权项

1. A cabinet lock for a cabinet having relatively movable first and second cabinet doors, the cabinet lock comprising
a frame including a ratchet arm and a first handgrip mount coupled to a first end of the ratchet arm and adapted to be mated with a first handgrip included in the cabinet and coupled to the first cabinet door, the ratchet arm including a series of ratchet teeth located between the first end and an opposite second end of the ratchet arm, a movable frame retainer including a second handgrip mount arranged to slide back and forth along a travel line on a length of the ratchet arm between the first and second ends and to pivot about a pivot axis that is perpendicular to the travel line to be mated with a second handgrip included in the cabinet, the second handgrip mount being formed to include a handgrip-receiving channel sized to receive a portion of the second handgrip included in the cabinet when the second handgrip mount is mated with the second handgrip, and detent means coupled to the second handgrip mount for engaging at least one ratchet tooth on the ratchet arm while the first handgrip mount is coupled to the first handgrip coupled to the first cabinet door following sliding movement of the second handgrip mount along the travel line in a direction from the second end toward the first end to locate a portion of the second handgrip in the handgrip-receiving channel formed in the second handgrip mount after the second handgrip mount has pivoted about the pivot axis to assume a second-handgrip-mating orientation wherein the handgrip-receiving channel formed in the second handgrip mount is arranged to open toward the second handgrip coupled to the second cabinet door so that movement of the second handgrip mount away from the first handgrip mount is blocked while the first handgrip mount is mated to the first handgrip coupled to the first cabinet door when the first and second cabinet doors are in a closed position to block relative movement of the first and second cabinet doors to opened positions.