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JON BELL · 04-12-2008, 04:45 PM

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JON BELL · 04-12-2008, 04:48 PM

A furniture having a concealed drawer with a dual stage locking mechanism for storing and locking particular items in a manner such as to allow two levels of security. The furniture includes a front drawer that is revealed. The front drawer is received within a receptacle defined by a lateral partition disposed proximately at the center of the furniture and a pair of oppositely disposed side aprons. The lateral partition serves to hide the concealed drawer in the event the front drawer is removed. A stop is pivotally mounted to the upper end of the back wall of the front drawer in order to limit the forward travel of the front drawer out of the receptacle. A concealed drawer is disposed behind the lateral partition and on either side or the rear of the furniture. The face of the concealed drawer is configured to look identical to an opposing apron of the furniture, thereby disguising the concealed drawer to anyone who is unaware of its presence. A bottom panel is secured to the bottom of the furniture in order to conceal both the front drawer and the concealed drawer from view from the underneath of the furniture. A first locking mechanism includes a push-button, key-operated lock which is locked simply by pushing a button, and is unlocked using a key. The first locking mechanism may be disposed on either the bottom of the furniture or on the lateral interior partition of the furniture. A second locking mechanism consists of a magnetically operated lock configured to open when a magnet of an opposite pole from a magnet incorporated in the second locking mechanism is placed near the second locking mechanism.

JON BELL · 04-22-2008, 06:19 AM

To open this box,you have to pull out the side pieces a certain number of clicks.Does anyone know how it works.

frankp · 04-22-2008, 11:17 AM

Jon,

It's like any tumbler mechanism. Basically it's like the one you linked (I think) to in an earlier post, with vertical tumblers that fit into slots on the horizontal "click" bars. Pull them out the right distance and the tumbler falls into place, allowing the lid/drawer to be opened.

Joe Lyddon · 04-22-2008, 11:40 AM

My Guess:

At they "Key" end, there are four planes at four different depths & widths.

The sliders are positioned (cut for proper level- vertically) & cut to proper length horizontally.

There could be slots in the planes and raised sections in the sliders to allow the drawer to Pass each section.

If any slider still blocks a plane, it doesn't open.

Something like that...

Just guessing... would be interesting to see the real method used.

Thank you.

Very nice / elegant box with a unique Keying method.

JON BELL · 04-24-2008, 06:06 PM

How about this...if the bars had a series of low dips in them.Positioned above the bar is a piece of wood shaped like a short pencil.The tip of the pencil sits on the bar and the end of the pencil fits into a circular hole drilled into,lets say,a drawer bottom.As you pull out the bar the pencil tip rides the bar and the dips in it.Make only one of the dips deep enough to release the pencil end from the hole in the drawer bottom.To reset it just push the bars back in and the pencil end slide back into the drawer bottom.
You could lable the bars o-9.Make the deep dips to match the #'s in a birthday or something.