Valuables depository

Claim 1

A valuables depository comprising a cylindrical outer housing; a base plate mounted to the interior of said outer housing near one end so that a skirt portion of said housing extends below said plate; a pedestal secured to said base plate to support the housing, said pedestal being secured in an offcenter position; a plurality of lugs secured at the upper end of said housing, said lugs being on the interior of said housing and projecting inwardly; a cylindrical dome shaped cover attachable to the other end of said outer housing, said cover having an annular groove and a protruding annular lip below said groove, a plurality of notches formed in said protruding lip complementary with said plurality of lugs wherein said lugs will pass therethrough when said cover is placed on said housing so that the lugs will be in the groove area so that the cover may be rotated from a first position to a second position wherein said lugs and protruding lip coact to prevent removal of said cover from said housing; shoulder stops formed in said groove to engage said lugs in the cover second position; an elongate lock rod slidably mounted to the interior of said outer housing, one end of said rod engaging said cover lip when said cover is in the first position, said rod being aligned with one of said lip notches in the cover second position wherein the end of said rod is movable upward into the groove area to cooperatively engage said cover to prevent counterrotation of said cover thereby preventing removal of said cover from said casing; means for locking said rod in the engaging position; said cover being formed with an inwardly projecting wall and an outwardly projecting wall to define a valuables receiving slot, said slot having an elongated rectangular shape and tapering from a wide external opening to a narrow internal opening; a plug member having a shape complementary with the shape of the slot for external insertion into the slot to close the slot during periods of unattendance of the depository, said plug member being removable from the slot only from the interior of said cover.