Jim Yanik wrote:
aemeijers wrote in
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Smarty wrote:
As grandparents, my wife and I do frequent toddler babysitting.

The kitchen cabinets, drawers, and other compartments are very tempting
for our grand-daughter to investigate. We are looking for a way to keep
this closed and inaccessible to a young child, while still allowing
adults to easily open and close the doors and drawers.

Unlike 30 years ago when our own children were toddlers, we now have
very high quality custom cabinetry and drawers, and do NOT want to
drill or attach any fasteners which deface or damage the cabinets /
doors. The fasteners were used 30 years ago required drilling holes
into both the doors and the cabinets in order to attach the plastic
latches. This is NOT an option for our current cabinets.

the drilling is on the INSIDE and thus does not harm the cabinets.
Or maybe you could glue on the latches,using some modern glue,like
construction adhesive.Or glue on some strong magnets and metal plates.

Does anybody know of any device or fastener or method which provides a
secure and reliable latch to children, easy access to adults, and easy
removal without leaving any permanent damage to the custom cabinetry?

maybe a trip to the nearest children's store to see what's currently
available,or DAGS.

Thanks in advance for your assistance and suggestions.


Nobody else said it, so I will- they used to sell little battery-powered
alarms for applications like this. Smaller than a smoke detector, but
using a similar horn, linked to a photocell that tripped the alarm five
seconds after light hit it- hopefully enough time for a grown-up to turn
it off when they were in the drawer or cabinet. I haven't looked lately-
no idea if anyone still offers them. Seems like an obvious market niche.



Kinda costly to put them on every cabinet door and drawer.

Don't need them on every door and drawer, just the dangerous/expensive
ones. (poisons, booze, sharp things, fragile heirlooms, etc.) If the kid
gets in the linen cabinet, just make them help fold them all up again.
That'll teach them.

Last I saw the things, they were only 2-3 bucks apiece. I bet if all the
HF regulars on here wrote to them and asked, they would have their China
OEMs run off a batch in a few weeks.

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