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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 19, 1997
Steven R. Snoke, Batavia, OH (US);
James D. Stewart, Hamilton, OH (US);
George Funari, Washington Court House, OH (US);
Gary Silvis, Georgetown, OH (US);
Stanley Mechanics Tools, Inc., Carrollton, TX (US);
Abstract
A lock system for locking a chest having multiple banks of drawers having a horizontally situated transfer mechanism, the transfer mechanism adapted to move horizontally and where the transfer mechanism is positioned behind a portion of each of the multiple banks of drawers intended to be locked and unlocked; a lockrod for actuating the horizontally situated transfer mechanism; and a plurality of vertically situated lock hinges, where each of the lock hinges corresponding to a bank of drawers, and wherein each of the vertically situated lock hinges are actuated by a horizontal movement of the transfer mechanism.