Patent ID: 6935660

Claim:
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 a door, two rods extending from the housing, 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 two rods having at least one tapered edge on the inside edge extending beyond the periphery of the door in the locked position, two rod receivers, each rod receiver corresponding to one of the two rods, the two rod receivers adapted to receive the tapered edges of the two rods in the locked position, the tapered edges engaging the two rod receivers thereby acting to seal the door tightly in the locked position, a handle recessed behind the housing, the handle engaging a cam plate contained within the housing, the cam plate being operatively engaged with the two 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, a locking tab extending forwardly from the cam plate into a recess in the housing, the locking tab adapted to be engaged by a circular lock, the locking tab extending through an arcuate gap into the recess, the ends of the arcuate gap providing stops for the locking tab, the stops defining the unlocked position and the locked position, the recess being sized to engage the circular lock and thereby prevent movement of the circular lock and the locking tab when said circular lock is engaged by the locking tab whereby the integrity of the locking system is not dependent upon the integrity of the locking tab.