Patent ID: 8555683

Claim:
A lock for a bag having a slide fastener with a body that moves in a plane at a top of the bag, the bag further having an inside and an outside, the lock comprising: a post fixed to the bag with a seat, said seat extending perpendicular to said post inside of the bag, said post having a vertical axis; and a hood, said hood having an arm with an arm axis that is movably positionable over said seat to lock the body of the slide fastener between said seat and said arm, said hood having a plurality of combination dials operable about said arm axis thereon, said hood further having a cylinder that is coaxial with said post, said cylinder having a pivot axis and being extendable along said pivot axis generally parallel to said vertical axis of said post to separate said arm from said seat to unlock said lock; said lock is selectably unlockable to release the body of the slide fastener when said plurality of combination dials are rotated to a proper combination.