Watch case with integral lock

Claim 1

AN IMPROVED TRANSPARENT LOCKING CONTAINER FOR JEWELRY AND THE LIKE, COMPRISING A FLAT, OPAQUE HOUSING HAVING A BASE BENEATH A PORTION THEREOF SO THAT THE HOUSING PROJECTS FROM AT LEAST ONE SIDE OF THE BASE, A PLURALITY OF OPENINGS IN THE HOUSING PROJECTION, A SLIDE PLATE SLIDABLY MOUNTED WITHIN THE HOUSING AND HAVING AN END EXTENDING OUTSIDE THE HOUSING, SAID SLIDE PLATE HAVING LUGS EXTENDING FROM ONE SIDE THEREOF AND BEING SPRING-LOADED TO NORMALLY EXTEND FROM THE HOUSING, A LATCH CARRIED UPON SAID SLIDE PLATE IN EXTENSION THROUGH AN OPENING IN THE TOP OF SAID HOUSING, A PLURALITY OF SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL SHAFTS ROTATABLY MOUNTED IN SAID HOUSING, A DISC ON EACH SHAFT MATING WITH OPENINGS IN SAID HOUSING PROJECTION FOR MANUAL SHAFT ROTATION, A LOCK WHEEL ABOUT EACH SHAFT ADJACENT LUGS ON SAID SLIDE PLATE AND EACH LOCK WHEEL HAVING A RADIAL SLOT THEREIN FOR ACCOMMODATING A LUG WHEREBY PARTICULAR ANGULAR ORIENTATION OF EACH SHAFT ALIGNS THE LOCK WHEEL SLOTS WITH SLIDE PLATE LUGS TO FREE THE SLIDE PLATE FOR MANUAL TRANSLATION AGAINST SAID SPRINGLOADING TO MOVE THE LATCH CARRIED BY SAID SLIDE PLATE, AND A TRANSPARENT SPRING-LOADED COVER HAVING A TOP AND DEPENDING SIDES PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ATOP SAID HOUSING FOR DEFINING A DISPLAY AND STORAGE COMPARTMENT THEREON FOR JEWELRY AND THE LIKE, SAID COVER HAVING LATCH-ENGAGING MEANS FOR SECURING OF THE COVER IN CLOSED POSITION TO LOCK SAID COMPARTMENT WHEREBY ACCESS THERETO IS ONLY AVAILABLE THROUGH PARTICULAR ANGULAR SHAFT POSITIONING TO FREE THE SLIDE PLATE FOR UNLATCHING THE COVER.