Carrying case with combination lock method and apparatus
OwnerShonna Marie Simon, Sydney Weissinventors
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Abstract
A carrying case or container having an box structure having a top opening and a lid configured to cover the top opening; and a locking mechanism having a first dial; wherein the locking mechanism is used to lock the lid to the open box structure so that the lid covers the opening of the box structure; wherein the box structure includes a first wall, a second wall, a third wall, a fourth wall, and a bottom member; wherein the first wall is parallel to the third wall, the second wall is parallel to the fourth wall, and the first wall is perpendicular to the second wall; and wherein the first dial is rotatably mounted to the first wall, so that the first dial rotates in a plane which is parallel to the first wall.
Claims16
An apparatus comprising:
- a container having a box structure having a top opening and a lid configured to cover the top opening;
- a locking mechanism having a first dial;
- wherein the locking mechanism is used to lock the lid to the open box structure so that the lid covers the opening of the box structure;
- wherein the box structure includes a first wall, a second wall, a third wall, a fourth wall, and a bottom member;
- wherein the first wall is parallel to the third wall, the second wall is parallel to the fourth wall, and the first wall is perpendicular to the second wall;
- wherein the first dial is rotatably mounted to the first wall, so that the first dial rotates in a plane which is parallel to the first wall;
- wherein the first dial has a front surface, and wherein the front surface of the first dial extends along a diameter of the first dial;
- and
- wherein the first dial is rotatably mounted to the first wall by a first pin, such that the first pin does not pass through the front surface of the first dial, and so that the front surface is entirely exposed and is parallel to the first wall;
- and further comprising
- a first strap having a loop;
- and
- wherein the first strap is fixed to the lid;
- and
- wherein the first strap is connected to a sliding member which slides with respect to the bottom member in order to change the apparatus from a closed state, in which the lid covers the opening of the box structure to an opened state in which the lid is not covering the opening of the box structure.
A method comprising the steps of:
- locking a lid to a box structure so that the lid covers a top opening of the box structure;
- wherein the lid is locked by a locking mechanism having a first dial;
- wherein the box structure includes a first wall, a second wall, a third wall, a fourth wall, and a bottom member;
- wherein the first wall is parallel to the third wall, the second wall is parallel to the fourth wall, and the first wall is perpendicular to the second wall;
- wherein the first dial is rotatably mounted to the first wall, so that the first dial rotates in a plane which is parallel to the first wall;
- wherein the first dial has a front surface and wherein the front surface of the first dial extends along a diameter of the first dial;
- and
- wherein the first dial is rotatably mounted to the first wall by a first pin, such that the first pin does not pass through the front surface of the first dial, and so that the front surface is entirely exposed and is parallel to the first wall;
- wherein a first strap having a loop is fixed to the lid;
- and
- wherein the first strap is connected to a sliding member which slides with respect to the bottom member in order to change the apparatus from a closed state, in which the lid covers the opening of the box structure to an opened state in which the lid is not covering the opening of the box structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.