File cabinet

Claim 1

IN A FILE CABINET THE COMBINATION COMPRISING: A CASE HAVING AN OPEN-ENDED STORAGE CHAMBER; A TRAY HAVING A BACK, TWO SIDES, A BOTTOM AND AN OPEN FRONT; MEANS MOUNTING SAID TRAY FOR HORIZONTAL TRAVEL INTO AND OUT OF SAID STORAGE CHAMBER; A BIASING MEANS URGING SAID TRAY OUTWARDLY FROM SAID STORAGE CHAMBER; A LATCH HAVING KEEPER AND STRIKER COMPONENTS, ONE OF SAID COMPONENTS BEING MONTED ON ONE SIDE OF THE TRAY AND THE OUTER BEING MOUNTED ON THE INSIDE OF SAID CASE ADJACENT THE OPEN END OF THE STORAGE CHAMBER, SAID KEEPER HAVING A CAM SURFACE FOR SHIFTING SAID STRIKER WHEN SAID TRAY IS MOVED INTO SAID STORAGE CHAMBER TO PERMIT THE STRIKER AND KEEPER TO ENGAGE AND THUS RESTRAIN OUTWARD MOVEMENT OF SAID TRAY; A DOOR PIVOTABLY MOUNTED FOR DOWNWARD AND OUTWARD MOVEMENT, SAID DOOR CLOSING OFF SAID OPEN END OF SAID STORAGE CHAMBER WHEN IT IS IN CLOSED POSITION; AN ARCUATE ARM EXTENDING TOWARDS SAID STORAGE CHAMBER FROM EACH END OF SAID DOOR, SAID ARM HAVING A STOP FOR LIMITING THE DOWNWARD AND OUTWARD MOVEMENT OF SAID DOOR WHEN SAID DOOR IS PIVOTED TO HORIZONTAL OPEN POSITION; AN ACTUATING LEVER FOR SAID LATCH INTERPOSED IN THE PATH OF MOVEMENT OF THE INNER END OF SAID ARM AND MOVED BY SAID ARM WHEN SAID DOOR IS OPENED, SAID LEVER DISENGAGING SAID LATCH WHEN SO MOVED; AND MEANS FOR BIASING SAID LEVER INTO THE PATH OF MOVEMENT OF SAID ARM, SAID LEVER BEING YIELDABLE TO SHIFT OUT OF THE PATH OF MOVEMENT OF SAID ARM WHEN SAID DOOR IS CLOSED.