Patent ID: 6311530
Filing Date: 2001-11-06
Classification: E05B,E05C,Y10T

Abstract:
A locking mechanism for a truck tool box for preventing unauthorized access to tools comprising, in combination:a tool box secured within a bed of a pick-up truck, the tool box having an open upper end with a lid hingedly secured thereto, the tool box having a pair of aligned holes through front and rear walls thereof;a central housing comprised of a first trapezoidal section and a second trapezoidal section joined together at long extents thereof, the central housing having a lateral opening extending there through;a first J-shaped member having an elongated portion extending through the lateral opening in the central housing, the elongated portion having an open free end, the first J-shaped member having a hooked portion for coupling with one of the holes of the tool box;a second J-shaped member having an elongated portion extending through the opening in the central housing and inwardly of the open free end of the elongated portion of the first J-shaped member, the elongated portion of the second J-shaped member having annular rings disposed thereon, the second J-shaped member having a hooked portion for coupling with one of the holes of the tool box;a locking mechanism disposed within the central housing, the locking mechanism being selectively engaged between two of the annular rings of the second J-shaped member for locking the tool box, the locking mechanism including a spring biased ball disposed within one side of the central housing and a rotatable ball on a second side of the central housing, the rotatable being engaged between two of the annular rings in a locked orientation and being released from between two of the annular rings in an unlocked orientation, the rotatable ball being manipulated by a key access through a top wall of the central housing.