Patent ID: 6592155
Filing Date: 2003-07-15
Classification: E05B,E05C,Y10T

Abstract:
A locking system for use with a storage container, the locking system integral with a door of the cargo storing container, the locking system comprising:a housing mounted to and extending through the door, the door having an interior side and an exterior side, three rods extending from the housing on the interior side of the door, the rods having a locked position extending beyond the periphery of the door and an unlocked position not extending beyond the periphery of the door, each of the three rods having at least one tapered edge on the inside edge extending beyond the periphery of the door in the locked position, three rod receivers, each rod receiver corresponding to one of the three rods, the three rod receivers adapted to receive the tapered edges of the three rods in the locked position, the tapered edges engaging the three rod receivers thereby acting to seal the door tightly in the locked position, a handle recessed behind the housing on the exterior side of the door, the handle rotatably engaging a cam plate contained within the housing, the cam plate being operatively engaged with the three rods, the handle rotating the cam plate to move the rods from one of the locked position and the unlocked position to the other of the locked position and the unlocked position.