Locking system for filing cabinets

Claim 1

A locking system for drawers of articles of furniture having at least one drawer channel with sidewalls and a drawer slidable therein comprising a horizontally arranged cylindrical lock rod member having axle members at each end rotatably supported in the sidewalls and having a longitudinally slotted portion outwardly of the axis thereof, a lock having a lock cylinder provided with an actuating pin engaging with said lock rod member slotted portion to rotate the same, at least one lOck bar vertically and slidably mounted on a side-wall of the drawer channel and having a slot therein, a crank member mounted on said lock rod member and having a pin thereon outwardly projecting therefrom, the pin of said crank member being engaged with and rotatable in the slot of said vertical lock bar, a lock bracket inwardly of said lock bar and spaced from the side of the drawer and having a vertically facing receiving slot therein and a locking stud attached to the vertical lock bar, said locking stud being engageable in the receiving slot of said bracket upon vertical movement of the lock bar to prevent outward motion of said drawer from its closed position and said stud having a head thereon spaced from said lock bar and having a greater width than the width of the bracket slot and movable between the bracket and drawer to prevent substantial lateral movement of the side of the drawer relative to said lock bar.