Case lock
OwnerChing-Yuan Chenginventor
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Abstract
A case lock is disclosed to include a fixed retaining member and a movable lock body assembly respectively fastened to the top and bottom cover shells of a case for locking the case. The movable lock body assembly includes a front cover, an actuating member pivoted to the front cover, a sliding retainer, a link pivoted between the actuating member and the sliding retainer and adapted to move the sliding retainer in an axial direction while the link is driven by the actuating member and moved along with said actuating member, and a back cover covered on the front cover and defining with the front cover a space in which the actuating member, the link and the sliding retainer are positioned.
Claims11
A case lock comprising a fixed retaining member and a movable lock body assembly respectively fastened to the top and bottom cover shells of a case for locking said case, said fixed retaining member having an engagement block adapted for engaging into said movable lock body assembly when closing the top and bottom cover shells of said case, said movable lock body assembly comprising:
- a front cover having a transverse shoulder which is provided in a bottom side thereof with a receiving recess, and two arms respectively extended from two ends of said transverse shoulder at right angles in same direction, said arms each having a coupling hole at an inner side;
- an actuating member having two side pivots symmetrically disposed at two sides and respectively pivoted to the coupling holes of said front cover for enabling said actuating member to be received in between the arms of said front cover;
- a sliding retainer having a top side covered on the back side of said actuating member, a middle opening, a front bar, a recessed portion in a top side of said front bar for engagement with the engagement block of said fixed retaining member, and a beveled face in a bottom side of said front bar;
- a link pivoted between said actuating member and said sliding retainer and adapted to move said sliding retainer in an axial direction while the link is driven by the actuating member and moved along with said actuating member;
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- a back cover covered on the bottom side of said front cover, said back cover defining with said front cover a space, which receives said actuating member, said link, and said sliding retainer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.