Lock and key construction

Claim 1

A COMBINATION LOCK AND KEY CONSTRUCTION FOR SECURING HUB CAPS AND THE LIKE, COMPRISING A FIRST LOCK MEMBER HAVING GROOVES THEREIN PROVIDING LONGITUDINAL AND ANGULAR MOVEMENT OF A KEY MEMBER, THREADED MEANS CARRIED BY SAID FIRST LOCK MEMBER AND SECURED THEREWITH, SAID THREADED MEANS HAVING A PROJECTING PORTION THREADEDLY RECEIVED WITHIN A FIXED MEMBER TO BECOME INTERLOCKED THEREWITH, A RESILIENT MEMBER CARRIED WITHIN SLOTS OF SAID THREADED MEANS AND HAVING EXPANDABLE PORTIONS ADAPTED TO JAM MOVEMENT OF THE PROJECTED THREADED PORTION OF SAID THREADED MEANS WITHIN ITS COMPANION FIXED MEMBER, A KEY HAVING BITS PROPORTIONED TO FIT WITHIN THE SLOTS OF SAID FIRST LOCK MEMBER AND ADAPTED TO FORM A DRIVING CONNECTION THEREWITH, EFFECTING ROTATION OF SAID FIRST LOCK MEMBER AND ITS ATTACHED THREADED MEANS IN A THREADING OR UNTHREADING DIRECTION, SAID KEY ALSO HAVING BITS ADAPTED TO BIAS THE RESILIENT MEMBER INWARDLY TO BE DISPOSED WITHIN SLOTS OF SAID THREADED MEANS THEREBY RELIEVING RETARDING EFFECT BETWEEN THE PROJECTED THREADED PORTIONS OF SAID THREADED MEANS AND ITS COMPANION FIXED MEMBER WHEREBY SAID KEY IS FREE TO INSERT OR REMOVE SAID PROJECTED THREADED END RELATIVELY TO ITS COMPANION MEMBER.