US 12,304,634 B2
Modular refreshment center
Frank Joseph Rowe, Wichita, KS (US); Michael Scott Robinson, Wichita, KS (US); David Wayne Davis, Wichita, KS (US); JoAnn Kimbell, Wichita, KS (US); and Stephen Fagan, Wichita, KS (US)
Assigned to Textron Innovations Inc., Providence, RI (US)
Filed by Textron Aviation Inc., Wichita, KS (US)
Filed on Feb. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/668,215.
Application 17/668,215 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/795,707, filed on Oct. 27, 2017, granted, now 11,273,915.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/413,683, filed on Oct. 27, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0267007 A1, Aug. 25, 2022
Int. Cl. B64D 11/04 (2006.01); A47B 47/00 (2006.01)
CPC B64D 11/04 (2013.01) [A47B 47/00 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A locking assembly for a modular storage unit, comprising:
a lever arm having a secured end and a free end, the secured end being mounted inside a base of the modular storage unit;
an opening in a side wall of the modular storage unit, wherein the free end is configured to extend through the opening;
a protruding member that extends downward beneath a bottom side of the lever arm;
a hole in the base configured to receive the protruding member; and
a plate mounted to a supporting surface,
wherein the protruding member is configured to be seated adjacent the plate and touching the supporting surface when the modular storage unit is installed on the supporting surface thereby securing the modular storage unit, and
wherein the lever arm is configured to deflect upwards when the free end is lifted, thereby raising the protruding member above the plate for releasing the modular storage unit.