Can top lock

Claim 2

A can top lock for cans comprising: A. upstanding pins mounted on said can top; B. a handle having a base with openings therethrough slidably engaged on said pins; C. a compression spring operatively interconnecting said handle and said pins and biasing said base toward said top; and D. tension springs having one end thereof attached to the can body and the opposite end thereof slidably and removably engaged on said pins, said opposite spring ends being disengaged from said pins upon lifting of said handle against the action of said compression spring for removal of said top from said can.

Claim 3

A can top lock for cans comprising: A. a baseplate attached to said can top; B. a post attached to said baseplate and extending therefrom; C. a handle sleeve movably engaged over said post and forming therebetween a space; D. a compression spring in said space biasing said sleeve toward said baseplate; E. a sleeve base on said sleeve having openings therethrough; F. upstanding pins on said baseplate slidably engageable in said sleeve base openings; and G. tension springs connected at one end thereof with the can body and the opposite ends being slidably and removably engaged on said pins above said sleeve base, whereby, upon lifting of said handle sleeve, said sleeve and sleeve base will lift from said baseplate and disengage said spring ends from said pins permitting removal of the can top.

Claim 4

A can top lock for cans comprising: A. a baseplate attached to said can top; B. a post attached to said baseplate and extending therefrom; C. a handle sleeve movably engaged over said post and forming therebetween a space; D. a compression spring in said space biasing said sleeve toward said baseplate; E. a sleeve base on said sleeve having openings therethrough; F. upstanding pins on said baseplate slidably engageable in said sleeve base openings; and G. tension springs connected at one end thereof with the can body and the opposite ends being slidably and removably engaged on said pins above said sleeve base, whereby, upon lifting of said handle sleeve, said sleeve and sleeve base will lift from said baseplate and disengage said spring ends from said pins permitting removal of the can top.

Claim 5

A can top lock for cans as claimed in claim 2, said baseplate having a central screw threaded opening therethrough, said handle post having a central bore, a screw extending through said central bore and engaged in said baseplate for operative interconnection of said post and said baseplate.

Claim 6

A can top lock for cans as claimed in claim 3, including a washer above said post extending over the space formed between said post and said sleeve, a short sleeve in said space beneath said washer and engageable with the top of said compression spring for containedly mounting said spring in said space.

Claim 7

A can top lock fOr cans as claimed in claim 4, said base on said sleeve having threaded openings therethrough, bored bolts screw threadedly engaged in said openings and nuts securing said bored bolts to said sleeve base, said pins being attached to said baseplate and extending through the bore of said bored bolts.

Claim 8

A can top lock for cans as claimed in claim 5, said one ends of said tension springs having hooks thereon engaged with handles on said can body, said opposite ends being provided with hooks engaged over said pins, said springs when interengaged between said handles and said pins engaging over said can top and resiliently engaging said top with said can body to prevent disengagement thereof.

Claim 9

A can top lock for cans as claimed in claim 6, including a cross handle operatively engaged with the upper end of said handle sleeve to facilitate lifting of said sleeve and said can top for disengagement of said springs from said pins and handling of said can top.

Claim 10

A can top lock for cans as claimed in claim 7, wherein said cross handle includes a bolt extending through said sleeve and sleeve portions removably mounted on said bolt on opposite sides of said sleeve.