Camper Shell Lock Assembly

A camper shell lock assembly for locking a camper shell handle from inside of the camper shell, said assembly comprising:

• a camper shell being installed on a bed of a pickup, said camper shell having a door, said door having a locking mechanism being movably integrated into said door, said door having a front side, a rear side and a lower edge extending between said front side and said rear side, said lower edge resting upon a top edge of a tailgate of said bed of said pickup when said door is in a closed position, said locking mechanism being rotatable into a locked condition for inhibiting said door from being opened, said locking mechanism being rotatable into an unlocked condition to facilitate said door to be opened, said camper shell having a rear wall, said door being hingedly disposed on said rear wall, said locking mechanism including:
• a pivot being attached to said front side of said door, said pivot being aligned with said lower edge of said door;
• an interior handle being rotatably coupled to said pivot thereby facilitating said interior handle to be gripped by an occupant of said camper shell for urging said locking mechanism between said locked condition and said unlocked condition, said interior handle being oriented to extend upwardly with respect to said door when said locking mechanism is urged into said unlocked condition, said interior handle being oriented to extend laterally with respect to said door when said locking mechanism is urged into said locked condition;
• an exterior handle being pivotally attached to rear side of said door, said exterior handle being in mechanical communication with said pivot thereby facilitating said exterior handle to urge said locking mechanism between said locked condition and said unlocked condition;
• a cam being attached to said pivot such that said cam is rotated when said pivot is rotated, said cam having a pair of attachment points each being positioned on opposing ends of said cam with respect to each other;
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• a pair of rods, each of said rods having a connected end and a free end, said connected end of each of said rods being pivotally attached to a respective one of said attachment points on said cam, each of said rods extending along said front side of said door in opposite directions from each other, said connected end of each of said rods being urged toward each other when said locking mechanism is rotated into said unlocked condition thereby facilitating said free end of each of said rods to be displaced from a rear wall of said camper shell to facilitate said door to be opened, said connected end of each of said rods being urged away from each other when said locking mechanism is rotated into said locked condition having said free end of each of said rods extending past said rear wall of said camper shell to inhibit said door from being opened;
• a box being positionable over said locking mechanism thereby restricting motion of said locking mechanism, said box being comprised of a rigid material thereby facilitating said box to inhibit said locking mechanism from being rotated into said unlocked condition thereby inhibiting said door from being opened wherein said box is configured to inhibit a person outside of said camper shell from opening said door, said box having a top wall and an outer wall extending downwardly from said top wall, said outer wall having a front side, a first lateral side and a second lateral side, a back side of said box being open, said first lateral side having a first rod slot extending from a bottom edge of said first lateral side toward said top wall, said first rod slot being positioned closer to said back side of said box than said front side of said outer wall, said second lateral side having a second rod slot extending from a bottom edge of said second lateral side toward said top wall, said second rod slot being positioned closer to said back side of said box than said front side of said outer wall, each of said first rod slot and said second rod slot insertably receiving a respective one of said rods of said locking mechanism when said box is positioned over said locking mechanism having said back side of said box accommodating said pivot and said cam, said interior handle abutting said top wall of said box when said exterior handle is manipulated in the attempt to urge said locking mechanism into said unlocked condition thereby inhibiting said locking mechanism from being urged into said unlocked condition wherein said box is configured to inhibit a person outside of said camper shell from opening said door;
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• a securing element being attachable between said pair of rods and said box when said box is positioned on said rods thereby inhibiting said box from being lifted upwardly from said rods.