Patent ID: 7097218

Claim:
A locking device on a casing, the casing having a cover and a seat, wherein the seat has a first edge pivotally engaged to the cover and a second edge which is free and parallel to the first edge, the locking device comprising: a recess having a length thereof formed on the second edge of the seat parallel to that of the second edge; a buckling member engaged on the cover extending downward from the cover and having a projecting portion at an end of the buckling member on an inner side of the buckling member facing the first edge; an arcuate face disposed on a top side of the projecting portion; a roller rotatably engaged in the recess with a length thereof parallel to that of said second edge; a resilient element engaged between the recess and the roller at opposite ends of the roller to maintain the roller in engagement with the buckling member when the casing is closed and to return the roller to an initial position after the roller has been rotated by a user; the roller further having an upper slot having a length thereof perpendicular to said second edge and a pattern arranged on the outer surface of the roller; the diameter (a) of the roller being larger than a depth (b) of the recess so as to expose a portion of the length of the roller beyond the second edge; wherein the buckling member is engaged in the upper slot when the cover is closed against the seat; and wherein when a user manually rotates the roller clockwise towards the first edge and lifts the cover off the seat, the arcuate face slides against the upper slot until the buckling member is disengaged from the roller.