PORTABLE DRAWER AND DOOR LOCK FOR RETROFIT APPLICATIONS

摘要

A lock for retrofitting onto a drawer or a door includes a drawer having a front panel. The drawer slidingly engages an item of furniture having a front face that is positioned above the front panel when the drawer is closed. A bracket has a vertically disposed flat front plate, a horizontally disposed fiat top plate, a vertically disposed fiat back plate, and a horizontally disposed motor platform that extends horizontally into an interior of the drawer. A motor having an output shaft is mounted on the motor platform. A latch supported by the motor platform is engaged by the output shaft. The latch is retracted when the drawer is unlocked and is extended to engage an interior side of the front panel of the furniture item when the drawer is locked.

主权项

1. A locking mechanism comprising:
a bracket having a front portion, a back portion, and a top portion connecting the front portion and the back portion, wherein the front portion, top portion and back portion of the bracket define an open space therebetween; a moveable latch and latch operator disposed in a housing proximate the back portion of the bracket and external of the open space; a user interface operatively disposed proximate the front portion of the bracket and external of the open space, wherein the user interface is in communication with the latch operator to control movement of the latch.