Patent ID: 7252204
Filing Date: 2007-08-07
Classification: A61J,B65D,E05B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A combination lock container comprising: (a) a plurality of locking tumblers; (b) an upper housing; and (c) a lower housing; said locking tumbler being ring shaped or annularly formed and having inside and outside diameter surfaces, upper and lower planar edge surfaces, said locking tumbler having means for acceptance of programmable indicia onto the outer circumference, internal surface of the tumbler having an annular locking rib projecting inwardly and centered with respect to the tumbler height, said annular locking rib having a portion of its wall section removed thereby creating a keyway opening, said upper housing being generally hollow and having: said lower housing being generally hollow and having: whereby the cylindrical wall portions of upper and lower housings are of size and diameter to permit concentric nested interengagement such that the lower housing cylindrical wall portion fits up and into the upper housing cylindrical wall portion, said longitudinal slot of said upper housing is sized and located for acceptance of said lower housing key, wherein said protrusions and gap openings of said keys for both housings are in lateral alignment and adjacent to each other when said upper and lower housings are fully engaged, wherein said plurality of locking tumblers may be rotatably mounted and placed onto said upper housing and captured between upper and lower housing flanges, wherein the flanges fully cover the open sides of uppermost and lowermost tumblers; wherein the width of the tumbler key opening is greater than that of both adjacent and laterally aligned housing tabs, wherein the locking ribs of installed tumblers are in alignment with and engage said gap openings of both keys thereby providing interlocking between the housings, whereby the container may only be opened and contents within accessed when indicia of tumblers are positioned in a selected manner on the container beneath said index marker to an unlocked condition with all tumbler keyways in radial alignment with the housing keys, thereby permitting the housings to be separated axially.