Panel locking mechanism for console type structures

Claim 1

IN A CABINET COMPOSED OF A HOUSING HAVING AT LEAST ONE OPENING THEREIN WITH A PERIPHERAL FLANGE ENCOMPASSING SAID OPENING, CLOSURE MEANS PIVOTALLY MOUNTED TO SAID HOUSING FOR CLOSING SAID OPENING THEREIN, AND A LATCH DEVICE POSITIONED ALONG THE PERIPHERY OF SAID CLOSURE MEANS FOR SEALING SAID CLOSURE MEANS AGAINST SAID PERIPHERAL FLANGE ENCOMPASSING SAID OPENING WHEN SAID CLOSURE MEANS IS POSITIONED IN SAID OPENING, SAID LATCHING DEVICE COMPRISING FIRST MEANS INCLUDING A LATCHING BAR HAVING A PLURALITY OF SPACED LATCHING ELEMENTS AND POSITIONED ALONG ONE SAID OF SAID CLOSURE, SECOND AND THIRD MEANS EACH INCLUDING A LATCHING BAR WITH SPACED LATCHING ELEMENTS AND POSITIONED ALONG SIDES ADJACENT, RESPECTIVELY, TO SAID ONE SAID OF SAID CLOSURE, A PLURALITY OF CORRESPONDING MATING ELEMENTS EACH HAVING A LOW ROLLING FRITCION MATING MOVABLE SURFACE AND POSITIONED ALONG THE CORRESPONDING MATING TION OF THE PERIPHERAL FLANGE OF THE OPENING OF SAID HOUSING FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH THE RESPECTIVE LATCHING ELEMENTS OF ALL AND LATCHING BARS, SAID LATCHING ELEMENTS HAVING A WEDGE-SHAPED PORTION FOR RECEIVING SAID MATING ELEMENTS AND FOR THEREBY URGING SAID CLOSURE TO THE SHUT POSITION BY MOVEMENT OF SAID LATCHING BARS, MEANS CONNECTING EACH LATCHING BRA OF SAID SECOND AND THIRD MEANS TO THE LATCHING BAR OF SAID FIRST MEANS SO THAT RECIPROCATING MOVEMENT OF