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US1254538A
US1254538A US7722516A US1254538A US 1254538 A US1254538 A US 1254538A US 7722516 A US7722516 A US 7722516A US 1254538 A US1254538 A US 1254538A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D50/00—Closures with means for discouraging unauthorised opening or removal thereof, with or without indicating means, e.g. child-proof closures
    • B65D50/02—Closures with means for discouraging unauthorised opening or removal thereof, with or without indicating means, e.g. child-proof closures openable or removable by the combination of plural actions
    • B65D50/04—Closures with means for discouraging unauthorised opening or removal thereof, with or without indicating means, e.g. child-proof closures openable or removable by the combination of plural actions requiring the combination of simultaneous actions, e.g. depressing and turning, lifting and turning, maintaining a part and turning another one
    • B65D50/045—Closures with means for discouraging unauthorised opening or removal thereof, with or without indicating means, e.g. child-proof closures openable or removable by the combination of plural actions requiring the combination of simultaneous actions, e.g. depressing and turning, lifting and turning, maintaining a part and turning another one where one action elastically deforms or deflects at least part of the closure, the container or an intermediate element, e.g. a ring
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T70/00—Locks
    • Y10T70/70—Operating mechanism
    • Y10T70/7153—Combination
    • Y10T70/7169—Complex movement or puzzle type
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T70/00—Locks
    • Y10T70/70—Operating mechanism
    • Y10T70/7153—Combination
    • Y10T70/7181—Tumbler type
    • Y10T70/7198—Single tumbler set
    • Y10T70/7203—With ball or roller

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  • the pin 14 will be removed from the opening 9 and the lid may be swung upon the pivot 11 to an open position thereby permitting access to the recess or cavity 16 formed in the body portion 5 of the box.
  • a boX of the character set forth comprising a body portion provided on its forward end with an upstanding apertured tongue, a
  • lid therefor provided on its forward end with a pin adapted to engage in the opening of the tongue upon the locked position of said lid, said lid having a pocket formed therein and opening out through the upper face thereof, and the side walls forming the pocket being provided with diametrically disposed recesses intersected at their lower ends by a slot formed in the bottoni of the pocket, a cover plate having a pocket foi-ined in the under face thereof for the reception of a spherical member, a pivot pin passing through the cover plate t0 one side of its pocket and protruding through the slot formed in the bottom wall of the pocket of the lid and adapted to engage with one of the recesses of the lid pocket upon the swinging of the cover plate to a distance equaling three-fourths portion of its complete revolution to dispose the pivot in nonobstructing relation with respect to the spherical locking member to displace the spherical locking member from the pocket of the cover lid into the pocket of the cover plate and causing the displacement of the pin fron'

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F. C. RICE.
l PUZZLE Box.v APPLlcATloN man rms. 1916.
www@ m, 252, wm j the'complete turning of the cover plate in registration with the pocket 16. The forward end 25 of the cover plate 22 1s also dove-tailed and snugly engages with the dove-tailed portion 13 thereby permitting of the swinging of the cover plate 22 in one direction only in effecting the opening or Vclosing of the lid 10. To open the lid 10 of the boX it is necessary that the said lid as wellas the cover plate 22 be in a closed po sition with the pin 14 engaging in the opening 9. VThe box is then inverted and the cover plate is swung on its pivot 11 in the .direction of the arrow shown in Fig. 1. until the cover plate has been turned a distance to athreefourths turn of its complete revolution whereby the pocket 23 will be brought Vinto registration with the pocket 16 and the lid 10 may then be slid longitudinally to a distance equaling the length of the slot 20 and seating the pivot 11 within the opposite Vsemi-circular recess 18. During such operation the pin 14: will be removed from the opening 9 and the lid may be swung upon the pivot 11 to an open position thereby permitting access to the recess or cavity 16 formed in the body portion 5 of the box.
' tages may be made when desired as are Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents Ieach,
within the scope of the claim appended thereto.
I claim:
A boX of the character set forth comprising a body portion provided on its forward end with an upstanding apertured tongue, a A
lid therefor provided on its forward end with a pin adapted to engage in the opening of the tongue upon the locked position of said lid, said lid having a pocket formed therein and opening out through the upper face thereof, and the side walls forming the pocket being provided with diametrically disposed recesses intersected at their lower ends by a slot formed in the bottoni of the pocket, a cover plate having a pocket foi-ined in the under face thereof for the reception of a spherical member, a pivot pin passing through the cover plate t0 one side of its pocket and protruding through the slot formed in the bottom wall of the pocket of the lid and adapted to engage with one of the recesses of the lid pocket upon the swinging of the cover plate to a distance equaling three-fourths portion of its complete revolution to dispose the pivot in nonobstructing relation with respect to the spherical locking member to displace the spherical locking member from the pocket of the cover lid into the pocket of the cover plate and causing the displacement of the pin fron'i the said tongue.
In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.
FRANK C. RICE. Witnesses:
EDWIN S. BUnDiGK, A. L. SLooUM.
by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,
Washington, D. C.
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Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2800220A (en) * 1954-12-13 1957-07-23 Neil F Hawver Concealed box lock
US3650379A (en) * 1970-01-02 1972-03-21 Marshall J La Montagne Toy bank
US10188937B1 (en) * 2016-06-10 2019-01-29 Brady Whitney Puzzle book

Cited By (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2800220A (en) * 1954-12-13 1957-07-23 Neil F Hawver Concealed box lock
US3650379A (en) * 1970-01-02 1972-03-21 Marshall J La Montagne Toy bank
US10188937B1 (en) * 2016-06-10 2019-01-29 Brady Whitney Puzzle book
US20190151750A1 (en) * 2016-06-10 2019-05-23 Brady Whitney Puzzle Book
US10850187B2 (en) * 2016-06-10 2020-12-01 Brady Whitney Puzzle book

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