Locking arrangement for multiple drawer cabinets and the like

Claim 1

A MECHANISM FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY SECURING ONE OR MORE OF A PLURALITY OF MOVABLE MEMBERS AGAINST MOVEMENT, COMPRISING (A) SECURING MEAN DISPOSED FOR COACTION WITH EACH MEMBER OF THE PLURALITY OF MOVABLE MEMBERS AND FOR MOVEMENT BETWEEN A FIRST POSITION SECURING ONE OR MORE OF THE PLURALITY OF MOVABLE MEMBERS AGAINST MOVEMENT AND A SECOND POSITION PERMITTING MOVEMENT OF ALL OF THE PLURALITY OF MOVABLE MEMBERS; (B) LOCK MEANS DISPOSED FOR MOVEMENT BETWEEN A LOCKED POSITION AND AN UNLOCKED POSITION; AND (C) ACTUATOR MEANS PIVOTALLY MOUNTED UPON SUITABLE PIVOT MEANS FIXEDLY DISPOSED WITH RESPECT TO SAID SECURING MEANS, SAID LOCK MEANS AND SAID ACTUATOR MEANS; (D) SAID ACTUATOR MEANS BEING INTERCONNECTED TO SAID LOCK MEANS AND SAID SECURING MEANS WITHOUT THE USE OF INTERMEDIATE ELEMENTS BY BEING FORMED WITH A HOOK ENGAGED WITH A PIN DISPOSED ON SAID LOCK MEANS AND BY BEING FORMED WITH AN ARM ENGAGED IN A SLOT IN SAID SECURING MEANS, AND INTERCONNECTING SAID LOCK MEANS AND SUCH SECURING MEANS SO THAT MOVEMENT OF SAID LOCK MEANS TO SAID LOCKED POSITION EFFECTS A MOVEMENT OF SAID SECURING MEANS TO SAID FIRST POSITION, AND SO THAT MOVEMENT OF SAID LOCK MEANS TO SAID UNLOCKED POSITION EFFECTS A MOVEMENT OF SAID SECURING MEANS TO SAID SECOND POSITION.