Lockable closure with combination locking mechanism self-contained in the lid thereof

Claim 1

A LOCKABLE CLOSURE COMPRISING A BASE PORTION HAVING AN OPEN END; A LID REMOVABLY DISPOSED IN CLOSING RELATION TO SAID OPEN END; AND COMBINATION LOCKING MECHANISM SELF-CONTAINED IN SAID LID FOR LOCKING SAME TO SAID BASE PORTION; SAID COMBINATION LOCKING MECHANISM INCLUDING A PAIR OF BOLT ASSEMBLIES MOUNTED IN SAID LID AND RESPECTIVELY HAVING LATCH MEMBERS ENGAGEABLE WITH SLOTS IN SAID BASE PORTION TO LOCK SAID LID THERETO AND PINS MOVABLE IN OPPOSITION TO EACH OTHER INTO TIP-TO-TIP ENGAGEMENT, SAID BOLT ASSEMBLIES HAVING TRANSLATING MEANS FOR MOVING SAID LATCH MEMBERS TO POSITIONS OUT OF ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID LOSTS ONLY WHEN SAID PINS ARE IN TIP-TO-TIP ENGAGEMENT, ACTUATING MEANS CARRIED BY SAID LID FOR TRANSLATING SAID PINS BETWEEN SPACED-APART POSITIONS AND POSITIONS IN TIPTO-TIP ENGAGEMENT, AND A TUMBLER WHEEL ASSEMBLY MOUNTED IN SAID LID HAVING A PLURALITY OF EXTERNALLY ACCESSIBLE ROTATABLE TUMBLER WHEELS DISPOSED BETWEEN SAID PINS IN SAID SPACED-APART POSITIONS THEREOF, SAID TUMBLER WHEELS EACH HAVING A LONGITUDINAL BORE THERETHROUGH, SAID BORES BEING ALIGNED WITH EACH OTHER AND WITH SAID PINS IN ONE PREDETERMINED COMBINATION OF RESPECTIVE ROTATIONAL ORIENTATIONS OF SAID WHEELS, WHEREBY SAID PINS MAY BE TRANSLATED INTO TIPTO-TIP ENGAGEMENT ONLY WHEN SAID WHEELS ARE IN SAID PREDETERMINED COMBINATION OF ROTATIONAL ORIENTATIONS.