Locks – Portable – Padlocks
Patent
1990-08-17
1992-10-20
Gall, Lloyd A.
Locks
Portable
Padlocks
215321, 220306, 411353, 411512, E05B 6738
Patent
active
051560291
ABSTRACT:
The assembly includes a lock with a main lock body having a bottom keyhole and an inverted u-shaped double rung top hasp connected to the top of the main body and extending upwardly therefrom. The assembly also includes a flexible, resilient, elastomeric protective lock cover removably enclosing and sealing the lock body against the elements. The cover is in two pieces. It includes a bottom portion extending over the lower sides of the lock body and continuing below the lock body. The bottom portion has opposed sides and a tapered bottom defining an openable closed slit through which, when opened, by squeezing opposed sides toward each other, the keyhole can be reached by a key. The cover also includes an upper cap having a top and interconnected depending sides. The inner surfaces of the cap sides bear a circumferential groove engageable with and of smaller diameter than the base of a circumferential bead with sloping top and bottom on the outer surface of the sides of the bottom portion. The groove and bead are horizontal and, when engaged, releasably hold the cap sealingly to the bottom portion. The top includes hasp holes into which downwardly projecting circumferential sealing extensions depend. The cover may be shaped to fit a flat, rectangular or square lock or a circular (in outline) lock and the cap top may include a hasp hole groove to facilitate movement of the free end of the hasp over the top.
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Gall Lloyd A.
Posta Jr. John J.
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