How to child-proof rotating cupboards?
Ross Casley
are called - they are at the corners of the counters and consist of a
couple of shelves that turn on a central spindle. One 90 degree segment
is missing from the shelves and facings are installed to look like normal
cupboard doors when turned to the right place.)
Our kitchen also has a nine-month old who has just discovered these
interesting cupboards.
How can I lock the cupboards shut? The catches I used for the standard
cupboards won't work because the fixed part of the catch would stop the
cupboard from opening.
-Ross
Christopher Biow
Ross Casley <cas...@Boole.Stanford.EDU> wrote:
>How can I lock the cupboards shut? The catches I used for the standard
>cupboards won't work because the fixed part of the catch would stop the
>cupboard from opening.
I used a "trap-lock" type catch, which will stop both directions of
motion. It does restrict you to opening the cupboard in only one
direction (the other is blocked). If anyone knows a better solution,
I'd love to hear it.
I believe I found the catch at a local baby stupidstore--don't recall
the brand.
I also picked up two brands of normal catches that I found could
be defeated by a 10-20 pound pull. Only the Gerber catch and the
trap-lock were adequate, IMO.
Teri
: In article <3vmeau$r...@nntp.stanford.edu>,
: Ross Casley <cas...@Boole.Stanford.EDU> wrote:
: >How can I lock the cupboards shut? The catches I used for the standard
: >cupboards won't work because the fixed part of the catch would stop the
: >cupboard from opening.
: I used a "trap-lock" type catch, which will stop both directions of
: motion. It does restrict you to opening the cupboard in only one
: direction (the other is blocked). If anyone knows a better solution,
: I'd love to hear it.
When this same question was posed a few months past, I contacted several
cabinet hardware suppliers to see if they had a solution to this
problem. The only solutions they could come up with were cabinet locks
(real locks with keys) and a system by Rev-a-shelf which uses a hidden
ma.netic lock and key (one letter on my keyboard is not workin. currently).
If you are puttin. cabinets in your kitchen and are worried that you will
be facin. the same problem in the future, corner cabinets can be made
usin. a different lazy-susan system in which the doors are not connected
to the shelves, but open like any cabinet door.
Teri
Fred Read
cas...@Boole.Stanford.EDU "Ross Casley" writes:
> Our kitchen has a couple of rotating cupboards (I think that's what they
> are called - they are at the corners of the counters and consist of a
> couple of shelves that turn on a central spindle. One 90 degree segment
> is missing from the shelves and facings are installed to look like normal
> cupboard doors when turned to the right place.)
>
> Our kitchen also has a nine-month old who has just discovered these
> interesting cupboards.
>
> How can I lock the cupboards shut? The catches I used for the standard
> cupboards won't work because the fixed part of the catch would stop the
> cupboard from opening.
If you drill a hole down through the worktop and drop in a six inch
nail so that it obstructs one of the shelf supports I think you will
find that this adequately secures the cupboard.
Lifting the nail out of the hole allows free passage of the shelves
once again.
Hope that helps.
--
Fred Read
How many people do *you* know with a C function named after them ?
Christopher Biow
>When this same question was posed a few months past, I contacted several
>cabinet hardware suppliers to see if they had a solution to this
>problem. The only solutions they could come up with were cabinet locks
>(real locks with keys) and a system by Rev-a-shelf which uses a hidden
>ma.netic lock and key (one letter on my keyboard is not workin. currently).
Having just installed four of the Rev-a-shelf locks, I can recommend them
very highly. They are the only childproofing products that I've yet
seen which are truly of high quality. However, they are expensive:
about $12 a pair. You would need two of them to rig a rotating cupboard
so that it could be used in either direction, or one if you blocked
one direction of rotation.
They are the only locks that I have seen which will work well on
cabinets that are recessed, so that you can't reach in with your
finger to depress a latch when the cabinet is opened an inch or
so. And they protect against adult tampering to the point where
a crowbar would probably be the easiest way to defeat them!
Ruth Urban
the drawer (or cupboard) about a inch before catching. It works
just fine--only you can only rotate the cupboard in one direction.
Ruth, mother of Rachel (2 yrs)