US3347069A
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Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1965-07-09
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Granted: 1967-10-17
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Expires: 1985-07-09
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Jr Richard M Hollingshead
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 04:02
CPC Classifications
E; E05; E05B; E05B37/00; E05B37/02; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T70/00; Y10T70/50; Y10T70/5009; Y10T70/5031; Y10T70/5093; Y10T70/5155; Y10T70/5199; Y10T70/5372; Y10T70/5531; Y10T70/70; Y10T70/7147; Y10T70/7153; Y10T70/7322
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
131 words
IN A CONTAINER HAVING RELATIVELY MOVABLE COMPONENTS, SAID COMPONENTS BEING ADAPTED TO BE ADVANCED RELATIVELY TOWARD EACH OTHER TO CLOSE THE CONTAINER AND TO BE RETRACTED RELATIVELY FROM EACH OTHER TO OPEN THE CONTAINER, (A) A STRIKER PLATE ON ONE COMPONENT FOR ENGAGING WITH STRIKER PLATE RETAINING MEANS ON THE OTHER COMPONENT TO SECURE THE TWO COMPONENTS IN LOCKED RELATIONSHIP WHEN THE CONTAINER IS CLOSED, (B) A CODE LOCK MOUNTED ON ONE OF THE COMPONENTS, (C) SAID CODE LOCK HAVING AUTOMATIC MEANS PERMITTING SELECTIVELY CODING OF THE LOCK WHEN THE COMPONENTS ARE RELATIVELY RETRACTED FROM EACH OTHER, (D) DECODING MEANS IN THE CODE LOCK AND (E) KEY LOCK MEANS ADAPTED TO UNLOCK THE CODE LOCK AND ACTUATE THE DECODING MEANS PREPARATORY TO SELECTING THE PROPER UNLOCKING CODE FOR THE CODE LOCK.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
131 words
IN A CONTAINER HAVING RELATIVELY MOVABLE COMPONENTS, SAID COMPONENTS BEING ADAPTED TO BE ADVANCED RELATIVELY TOWARD EACH OTHER TO CLOSE THE CONTAINER AND TO BE RETRACTED RELATIVELY FROM EACH OTHER TO OPEN THE CONTAINER, (A) A STRIKER PLATE ON ONE COMPONENT FOR ENGAGING WITH STRIKER PLATE RETAINING MEANS ON THE OTHER COMPONENT TO SECURE THE TWO COMPONENTS IN LOCKED RELATIONSHIP WHEN THE CONTAINER IS CLOSED, (B) A CODE LOCK MOUNTED ON ONE OF THE COMPONENTS, (C) SAID CODE LOCK HAVING AUTOMATIC MEANS PERMITTING SELECTIVELY CODING OF THE LOCK WHEN THE COMPONENTS ARE RELATIVELY RETRACTED FROM EACH OTHER, (D) DECODING MEANS IN THE CODE LOCK AND (E) KEY LOCK MEANS ADAPTED TO UNLOCK THE CODE LOCK AND ACTUATE THE DECODING MEANS PREPARATORY TO SELECTING THE PROPER UNLOCKING CODE FOR THE CODE LOCK.
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