US 12,262,813 B2
Locking assembly, drawer assembly and storage cabinet
Yongxue Xi, Hefei (CN)
Assigned to HEFEI MIDEA REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD .;HEFEI HUALING CO., LTD., Hefei (CN); and MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD., Foshan (CN)
Appl. No. 17/926,118
Filed by HEFEI MIDEA REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD., Hefei (CN); HEFEI HUALING CO., LTD., Hefei (CN); and MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD., Foshan (CN)
PCT Filed Dec. 29, 2021, PCT No. PCT/CN2021/142530
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 17, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/273261, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 5, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 202110729923.0 (CN), filed on Jun. 29, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0225275 A1, Jul. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. A47B 88/50 (2017.01); A47B 88/457 (2017.01); A47B 88/90 (2017.01)
CPC A47B 88/50 (2017.01) [A47B 88/457 (2017.01); A47B 88/90 (2017.01); A47B 2088/901 (2017.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A locking assembly, comprising:
a mounting member;
a locking member, rotatably connected to the mounting member and configured to be switched between a locked state and an unlocked state, wherein the locking member comprises a locking portion and an unlocking portion; and
an elastic member, having a first end rotatably connected to the mounting member and a second end rotatably connected to the locking member; wherein
in the locked state, at least part of the locking portion is located at a motion path of a to-be-locked member and the unlocking portion is located at an avoidance path of the to-be-locked member, and
in the unlocked state, the locking portion is located at the avoidance path and at least part of the unlocking portion is located at the motion path, and the elastic member is in a compressed state to make the locking member be stuck.