Filing cabinet and latching mechanism

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION, A FILE DRAWER AND A LATCH MECHANISM, A DRAWER HAVING A FRONT DEFINED BY A FRONT PANEL AND AN INNER CLOSING PLATE DISPOSED IN GENERAL PARALLEL RELATION AND DEFINING A SPACE THEREBETWEEN, AN OPENING IN SAID FRONT PANEL, AN ACTUATOR BAR EXTENDING LATERALLY OF SAID DRAWER AND HAVING AN AXIAL DISPOSED LATERALLY OF SAID DRAWER, SAID ACTUATOR BAR BEING DISPOSED BETWEEN SAID FRONT PANEL AND SAID INNER CLOSING PLATE ABOVE SAID OPENING TO ROTATE ABOUT SAID AXIS, A LATCHING MEMBER SUPPORTED ON SAID DRAWER FOR SECURING SAID DRAWER TO A CABINET, SAID ACTUATOR BAR HAVING AN EXTENSION RECEIVED IN AN OPENING IN SAID LATCHING MEMBER CONNECTING SAID ACTUATOR BAR TO SAID LATCHING MEMBER TO MOVE SAID LATCHING MEMBER UP WHEN SAID ACTUATOR BAR IS ROTATED IN ONE DIRECTION AND TO MOVE SAID LATCHING MEMBER DOWN WHEN SAID ACTUATOR BAR IS MOVED IN ANOTHER DIRECTION, SAID ACTUATOR BAR BEING ADAPTED TO BE ENGAGED BY THE FINGERS OF AN OPERATOR INSERTED IN SAID OPENING TO ROTATE SAID ACTUATOR BAR ABOUT SAID AXIS WHEREBY SAID LATCH MAY BE MOVED TO RELEASE SAID DRAWER.