PEDESTAL LOCK SYSTEM

摘要

A locking system for locking a plurality of drawers or like components in desk pedestals or like compartments in which a vertical lock bar having one or more projecting lock tabs is mounted in the compartment for pivotal movement about a generally vertical axis. The lock bar includes two spaced walls with hanger brackets sandwiched therebetween to facilitate mounting the lock bar to a mounting bracket. One of the walls is deformed outwardly at spaced intervals to define guides or channels for releasably receiving lock tabs. Each lock tab includes a notch located near the lock bar to facilitate its removal through the use of a screwdriver or other tool. Each lock tab includes an enlarged contact area at its head for contacting the side of a drawer or the like to better distribute the forces therebetween. The lock bar is moved between locking and unlocking positions in response to movement of a primary locking system, there being an elongated linkage rod between the lock bar and the primary locking system. The linkage rod includes a generally U-shaped deviation which can be bent inwardly or outwardly with respect to itself to change the effective length of the elongated linkage rod and thereby adjust the locking and unlocking positions of the lock bar.