Locks – Portable – Padlocks
Patent
1989-09-01
1991-04-02
Wolfe, Robert L.
Locks
Portable
Padlocks
70455, E05B 6738
Patent
active
050037951
ABSTRACT:
In one embodiment, a lock protector includes a front and back cover and a hinge portion formed from a single sheet of vinyl material. A hasp slot is formed in the back cover of the protector through which a hasp is inserted. The front and back covers include mutually contact adherent strips around the perimeter of the covers adapted to sealingly engage when the front cover is folded onto the back cover along the hinge portion with the lock situated within and attached to the hasp. Another embodiment is disclosed in which the lock protector includes a pouch defining a pocket for receiving the lock therein. The protector includes a flap extending from the pouch and adapted to overlay the opening of the pocket. The flap includes a hasp slot which is intersected by the hinge portion so that when the flap is folded over the pocket opening the hasp slot opens upward to receive the hasp. A number of contact adherent strips are provided on the flap for engaging the pouch and for engaging about the hinge portion. Another embodiment is disclosed for use with a flush-mounted lock that includes a base sheet, a flap and a hinge portion formed of a single sheet of material. The base sheet includes an access opening which can be centered around the keyhole of the lock to provde access to the keyhole. Contact adherent strips are provided on the perimeter of the base sheet and flap to close the lock protector about the keyhole of the flush-mounted lock.
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Dino Suzanne L.
Wolfe Robert L.
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