Automatic interlock system

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AN AUTOMATIC INTERLOCK SYSTEM FOR ASSURING PROPER ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS BETWEEN MATING ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS PRIOR TO INSETION OF A CHASSIS INTO A CASE COMPRISING A CHASSIS HAVING A FIRST ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR MOUNTED AT THE REAR END THEREOF, A SLIDE HAVING A SECOND ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR MOUNTED AT THE REAR END THEREOF AND ADAPTED TO MATE WITH SAID FIRST ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR, MOVABLE LOCKING STRUCTURE CARRIED BY SAID CHASSIS AT A PREDETERMINED DISTANCE FROM SAID FIRST ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH THE CASE, AND CAM STRUCTURE CARRIED BY SAID SLIDE AT A CORRESPONDING DISTANCE FROM SAID SECOND ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID LOCKING STRUCTURE, SAID LOCKING STRUCTURE POSITIONED WITH RESPECT TO SAID CAM STRUCTURE SO THAT MOVEMENT OF SAID CHASSIS RELATIVE TO SAID SLIDE IN THE DIRECTION OF THE CASE WILL MOVE THE LOCKING STRUCTURE INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH THE CASE AND THEREBY PREVENT ENTRY OF SAID CHASSIS INTO THE CASE UNTIL SAID ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS HAVE BEEN MOVED INTO MATING RELATION AFTER WHICH SAID CAM STRUCTURE ALLOWS SAID LOCKING STRUCTURE AUTOMATICALLY TO MOVE OUT OF ENGAGEMENT WITH THE CASE AND INTO LOCKING RELATION WITH SAID SLIDE TO PERMIT THE CHASSIS AND SLIDE TO MOVE INTO THE CASE.