Bin locking system

Claim 1

A bin lock system including a storage panel to detachably mount a plurality of storage bins thereon, each of said plurality of storage bins includes a rear wall having a corresponding flexible attachment member affixed thereto and said storage panel includes a plurality of bin receiving members and bin retaining members disposed in spaced relationship relative to each other such that when at least a portion of said flexible attachment member is mounted on at least one of said plurality of bin receiving members, each said bin retaining member is disposed to selectively engage one of said plurality of storage bins to secure said storage bin on said storage panel, each said flexible attachment member comprising a corresponding attachment element disposed in spaced relationship relative to said corresponding rear wall of each of said plurality of storage bins by a corresponding spacer and said bin receiving member comprises a receiving element disposed in spaced relationship relative to said storage panel by a corresponding spacer to cooperatively form a retainer groove therebetween to receive at least a portion of said attachment element therein and each said bin retaining member comprising a corresponding bin retaining element including a lower inclined camming surface having a corresponding line of contact formed thereon to selectively engage said flexible attachment members when each of said storage bins is in the uppermost position to secure each of said plurality of storage bins laterally and vertically on the storage panel whereby each of said plurality of storage bins is mounted on and removed from to said corresponding bin receiving member and said corresponding bin retaining member by vertical movement therebetween.