Patent attributes
A cabinet (1) comprising: a housing (10); two or more storage units (30, 50), each accommodated within the housing (10) and displaceable between a closed position in which a majority of the storage unit (30, 50) is disposed within the housing (10) and an open position in which the storage unit (30, 50) projects from the housing (10) to an extent greater than in said closed position; and a blocking mechanism (70) comprising two or more blocking members (71b, 71c), each associated with its corresponding storage unit (30, 50) and configured for selectively arresting said corresponding storage unit (30, 50) in its closed position; the blocking mechanism (70) being displaceable between an unblocked state in which each one of the storage units (30, 50) is free to be displaced from its closed position to its open position and a blocked state in which at least one and no more than all but one of the storage units (30, 50) are arrested in their closed position by their corresponding blocking members (71b, 71c). The association between the blocking mechanism (70) and the storage units (30, 50) is such that, when said blocking mechanism (70) is in its unblocked position, displacement of one of said storage units (30, 50) from its closed position to its open position induces displacement of the blocking mechanism (70) from its unblocked state to its blocked state.
