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Safety cabinet

  • US 20080211363A1
  • Filed: 05/01/2007
  • Published: 09/04/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/06/2006
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A safety cabinet comprising:

  • an enclosure defining an opening, the enclosure having a front, a back, a top, a bottom, a first side, and a second side;

    a door rotatably attached to the enclosure, the door movable between an open position and a closed position, the door configured to cover at least a portion of the opening of the enclosure when in the closed position, the door including an outside surface and an inside surface;

    a first retaining arm attached to the first side of the enclosure so that a portion extends past the front of the enclosure, wherein the protruding portion defines a notch and a hole;

    a second retaining arm attached to the second side of the enclosure so that a portion extends past the front of the enclosure, wherein the protruding portion defines a notch and a hole;

    a first lock;

    a second lock;

    a lock bar support attached to the outside surface of the door, the lock bar having an extension that extends from the surface of the door, wherein this extension defines a notch; and

    a removable lock bar that can be placed transversely across the front of the safety cabinet so that it rests on the retaining arms and lock bar support, the lock bar including;

    a rigid body that has a top, a bottom, a front, a back, a first end, a second end, the bar defining a first exterior notch, a second exterior notch, and an interior notch, the bar being configured so that when the lock bar is put on the safety cabinet the first exterior notch will engage the notch of the first retaining arm, the second exterior notch will engage the notch of the second retaining arm, and the interior notch will engage the notch of the lock bar support,a first lug which projects from the front of the body, the first lug defining a hole therethrough,a second lug which projects from the front of the body, the second lug defining a hole therethrough,wherein, while in retentive engagement with the first and second retaining arms, the lock bar will prevent the door from being moved from the closed position,wherein, while in retentive engagement with the first and second retaining arms, the hole in the first lug of the lock bar aligns with the hole of the first retaining arm so that the first lock is extendible through the aligned holes and the hole in the second lug aligns with the hole of the second retaining arm so that the second lock is extendible through the aligned holes.

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