Removable lock panel for cabinet and furniture

Claim 2

A lock panel that can be removably mounted in a cabinet and comprising a panel member with surfaces for extending substantially between the two opposite sides of the cabinet and from front to rear; edges on opposite sides of said panel member thick enough to fill the space between guides on the cabinet sides; detent means in each said panel edge for engaging the guides said detent means being inaccessible when a drawer is in place on the vertically adjacent guides on the cabinet sides and closed.

Claim 3

A lock panel according to claim 1 wherein said detent means includes a resilient member urging said means into engagement with said guide.

Claim 4

A lock panel according to claim 1 wherein each said detent means is a spring normally extending vertically from the edge of the panel into engagement with the vertically adjacent guide and compressible to within the confines of its associated edge.

Claim 5

A lock panel with a spring according to claim 3 wherein said spring extends obliquely from said panel edge for engaging like a barb a notch for that purpose in the cabinet guide.

Claim 6

A lock panel with a spring according to claim 3 wherein said panel member is thinner than the vertical space between said guides and said edges are affixed thereto.

Claim 7

A lock panel according to claim 5 wherein said detent is a spring, said panel member has spring-receiving slots at the panel sides, and each of said edges fits over said slot.

Claim 8

A lock panel according to claim 6 wherein each said spring extends obliquely forward and down relative to the cabinet and has a mounting end shaped to resiliently engage both the upper and lower surfaces of said panel adjacent its said slot.

Claim 9

A lock panel according to claim 5 wherein each said spring is ''''Z'''' shaped, with a detent portion that extends from one side of said U obliquely forward and down out of said recess.

Claim 10

A removable lock panel assembly in a cabinet comprising opposed cabinet side walls on at least one of which is a pair of vertically spaced drawer guides each drawer guide having a notch near its front end to act as a drawer retainer when a drawer is pulled almost out; a horizontally extending lock panel on the upper of said drawer guides; said lock panel having means for lockably engaging a movable lock member on such drawer as may be located on the other drawer guide; said lock panel also having an edge with a recess in which is located a resiliently biased or spring member that normally extends vertically out of the recess into said notch, which member or spring can be pushed back into said recess in order to remove said lock panel; said member being accessible only when said drawer is open or removed; and a means on said side wall above said lock panel holding it in place and preventing vertical removal or displacement of said lock panel.

Claim 11

A removable lock panel assembly in a cabinet comprising opposed cabinet side walls on at least one of which is a pair of vertically spaced drawer guides each drawer guide having a notch near its front end to act as a drawer retainer when a drawer is pulled almost out; a horizontally extending lock panel on the upper of said drawer guides; said lock panel having means for lockably engaging a movable lock member on such drawer as may be located on the other drawer guide; said lock panel also having an edge with a recess in which is located a resiliently biased or spring member that normally extends vertically out of the recess into said notch, which member or spring can be pushed back into said recess in order to remove said lock panel; said member being accessible only when said drawer is open or removed; and a means on said side wall above said lock panel holding it in place and preventing vertical removal or displacement of said lock panel.

Claim 12

A lock panel according to claim 9 wherein said member is ''''Z'''' shaped and the rear end of the Z engages said edge, the remainder extending obliquely into said notch.