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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2001
Russ Lemley, Chandler, AZ (US);
Aric Clawson, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Mobile Mini, Inc., Tempe, AZ (US);
Abstract
A locking system is described for use with a storage container. The locking system is integral with a door of the cargo storing container. The locking system comprises a housing mounted to and extending through a door with three rods extending from the housing. The rods have a locked position extending beyond the periphery of the door and an unlocked position not extending beyond the periphery of the door. Each of the three rods has at least one tapered edge on the inside edge extending beyond the periphery of the door in the locked position. Three rod receivers, each rod receiver corresponding to one of the three rods, are adapted to received the tapered edges of the three rods in the locked position. The tapered edges engage the three rod receivers thereby acting to seal the door tightly in the locked position. A handle recessed behind the housing and rotatably engages a cam plate contained within the housing. The cam plate is operatively engaged with the three rods with the handle rotating the cam plate to move the rods from one of the locked position and the unlocked position to the other of the locked position and the unlocked position.