Drawer and Cabinet Latches

Question

Most have experienced drawers or cabinets opening while traveling.  This often damages the drawer slides or cabinet doors.  A simple way to solve this problem is to install "child safety locks" on the drawers and cabinets.  The locks will catch when the drawer or cabinet is open about one inch.  The safety catch can be easily depressed to open the drawer or cabinet, but will also keep it from opening fully during travel.

2oldman · Answer

interesting first post.

sljkansas · Answer

For a first post it's a good idea

1492 · Answer

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fj12ryder · Answer

All the drawers and cabinet doors in our toyhauler already have spring loaded catches so they don't open in transit. I actually assumed all trailers have them.

drewe · Answer

fj12ryder wrote:All the drawers and cabinet doors in our toyhauler already have spring loaded catches so they don't open in transit. I actually assumed all trailers have them.My drawers have gravity latches—they need to be lifted slightly to open.  They work pretty well, except perhaps on very bumpy roads.My cabinets just have typical spring cabinet friction latches.  They're not very effective against rolling watermelons or, presumably, similarly hefty and shifty loads.

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