Bottle lock

Abstract

A bottle lock for securely sealing a container, the bottle lock including a housing, a combination ring assembly, a shaft, a bottom locking ring, and a stopper. The bottle lock can then be inserted into a container opening and the shaft rotated until the stopper exerts the desired pressure against the container opening. The combination rings are then rotated to lock the device. The remove the bottle lock, the combination rings are realigned, the housing removed and the shaft then rotated in the reverse direction, releasing the pressure on the container opening.

The invention claimed is: 
     
         1 . A container-locking device, comprising:
 a shaft comprising a polygonal head, an end protrusion, a threaded channel, and concentric shaft rings, concentric shaft recesses, each of the shaft rings having a longitudinal slot connecting proximal shaft recesses;   combination rings comprising numbers or markings, each of the combination rings encircled about the shaft and proximal to the remaining combination rings;   a housing comprising a combination indicator, an end recess, a collar recess, and an opening for viewing the number or markings of the combination rings;   locking rings comprising a ring tab, each of the locking rings housed within each of the combination rings, and the ring tab configured to slide both in the longitudinal slot and the concentric shaft recesses;   a locking collar comprising at least one collar tab and a polygonal recess, the polygonal recess configured to receive the polygonal head, and the at least one collar tab configured to mate with the collar recess of the housing;   a bolt comprising a bolt-shaft connected to a bolt-head;   a stopper comprising a central channel for receiving the bolt-shaft; and   a washer;   wherein the bolt is configured to mate with the threaded channel of the shaft.   
     
     
         2 . The device of  claim 1  further including barbs on a portion of the bolt-shaft proximal to the bolt-head, thereby mating the bolt-head proximally to the stopper. 
     
     
         3 . The device of  claim 1  further including a washer extension along the bolt-shaft, the washer extension having barbs, thereby mating the washer proximally to the stopper. 
     
     
         4 . The device of  claim 3  wherein the washer is located exterior to the locking collar. 
     
     
         5 . The device of  claim 3  wherein the washer is located interior to the locking collar. 
     
     
         6 . The device of  claim 1  wherein each of the concentric shaft rings further includes a false indicator recess. 
     
     
         7 . The device of  claim 1  wherein the locking collar has an access groove adjacent to the locking tab, positioned on the exterior of the locking collar. 
     
     
         8 . The device of  claim 7  wherein the space between the polygonal head of the shaft and the interior of the housing is smaller than a portion of the collar tab mated inside the collar recess. 
     
     
         9 . A container-locking device, comprising:
 a shaft comprising a polygonal head and a threaded channel;   combination locking mechanism encircling the shaft;   a housing comprising a collar recess and an opening for viewing the combination locking mechanism;   a locking collar comprising at least one collar tab and a polygonal recess, the polygonal recess configured to receive the polygonal head, and the at least one collar tab configured to mate with the collar recess of the housing;   a bolt comprising a bolt-shaft connected to a bolt-head;   a stopper comprising a central channel for receiving the bolt-shaft; and   a washer;   wherein the bolt is configured to mate with the threaded channel of the shaft.   
     
     
         10 . The device of  claim 1  wherein the locking collar has an access groove adjacent to the locking tab, positioned on the exterior of the locking collar. 
     
     
         11 . The device of  claim 7  wherein the space between the polygonal head of the shaft and the interior of the housing is smaller than a portion of the collar tab mated inside the collar recess. 
     
     
         12 . A method of locking a container, comprising the steps of:
 providing the device of  claim 1 ;   providing the container having a substantially circular opening;   inserting the bolt-head and stopper into the container opening, thereby configuring the washer or locking collar adjacent to the container;   rotating the housing of the device, thereby compressing the stopper along the bolt-shaft and expanding the stopper within the container opening; and   rotating at least one of the combination rings, thereby locking the device.   
     
     
         13 . A method of unlocking a container, comprising the steps of:
 providing the device of  claim 1 ;   providing the container have a substantially circular opening;   wherein the device is locked and the stopper is filling the opening;   aligning a particular set of the symbols or markings with the combination indicator;   sliding the housing away from the container, thereby engaging the polygonal head of the shaft with the polygonal recess of the locking collar;   rotating the housing, thereby decompressing the stopper along the bolt-shaft and contracting the stopper within the container opening; and   removing the stopper and bolt-head from the container.