Lock system for a container

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8684421
APP PUB NO 20130119063A1
SERIAL NO

13731741

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A locking system includes a carrier member at least one locking member extending from the rod. The carrier member is movable between a first locked position in which the locking member engages a locking receptacle to maintain a container cover in a closed position and a second unlocked position in which the locking member disengages from the locking receptacle and the cover is movable between the closed and open position. The locking system includes a blocking member at a second end of the carrier member. The blocking member is movable between a first engaged position in which the rod abuts a portion of the blocking member and maintains the elongate rod in the first locked position and a second disengaged position in which the rod disengages from the blocking member and a biasing unit urges the rod in the second unlocked position.

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Patent Owner(s)

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BARCLAYS BANK PLC AS COLLATERAL AGENT745 SEVENTH AVENUE NEW YORK NY 10019

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Cowie, Charles Henry Jonesboro, US 13 245
Samsel, Richard A Haines City, US 21 186

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