发明名称 Drawer latch assembly a toolbox assembly
摘要 A container 10 having a latch assembly 40 which reduces the likelihood that a drawer 16 will undesirably and/or inadvertently move to an open position.
申请公布号 US8944537(B1) 申请公布日期 2015.02.03
申请号 US201313998268 申请日期 2013.10.17
申请人 发明人 Manalang Edwin Dizon;Grela Larry Mitchell
分类号 A47B95/02;E05B65/46;A47B81/00 主分类号 A47B95/02
代理机构 代理人 Chupa John G.
主权项 1. A drawer latch assembly for use with a drawer having a face member which terminates into a run along a top edge and wherein said face member having at least one slot which is positioned below and proximate to said run, said drawer latch assembly comprising a pivot member which is fixedly attached to a first broad surface of said face member, which is positioned beneath said run, which is longitudinally coextensive to said first member, and which includes a central rounded protrusion which is longitudinally co-extensive to said face member and which extends from said first broad surface of said face member beneath said run; a latch plate comprising an elongated body having a first pointed end, a slot disposed proximate to said first pointed end, and an orthogonally projecting portion which orthogonally projects away from said slot, wherein said latch plate further comprises a second opposed end which includes a plurality of protuberances which outwardly extend from said second opposed end and wherein said first end extends through said at least one slot away from said first surface of said face member; a spring which is coupled to said orthogonally projecting portion and to a second broad surface of said face member, said second surface being opposite from said first surface; and a lever member is longitudinally coextensive to and which is disposed upon said face member and which includes a central slot which receives said pivot member and which further receives each of said plurality of protuberances and which is movable from a first position in which said latch plate prevents movement of said drawer to a second position in which said latch plate allows movement to said drawer and wherein said spring biases said lever member to said first position.
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