Locks – Portable – Padlocks
Patent
1997-04-17
1998-09-15
Dino Barrett, Suzanne
Locks
Portable
Padlocks
70 54, 70416, 70 95, E05B 6738
Patent
active
058063528
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to a lock and in particular to a locking bracket.
The invention has been developed primarily for locking roller shutters and will be described hereinafter with reference to that application. However, the invention is not limited to that particular field of use and is also suitable for locking swinging doors, sliding doors, tilt-a-doors, windows and the like.
BACKGROUND ART
Hitherto, the secure locking of roller shutters has involved securing locking devices to the base of the shutter for subsequent selective retention to a loop, eyelet or other protrusion extending upwardly from the floor. These methods of locking are inconvenient because the floor located protrusions provide an obstacle particularly to persons walking through the opening provided. Additionally the locking devices prevent complete retraction of the shutter. This is especially disadvantageous in retail outlets where convenience and aesthetics are of paramount importance.
DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION
It is an object of the present invention, at least in the preferred embodiment, to overcome or substantially ameliorate at least one of these deficiencies of the prior art.
According to one aspect of the invention there is provided a locking bracket including a plate, a locking formation supported by the plate for selectively captively engaging a locking device, and an aperture in the plate spaced apart from the formation for receiving a bolt extending from the locking device, wherein, in use, the bolt passes through the aperture and a first and second article which are to be locked, the plate being disposed intermediate the first and a second articles.
Preferably, a shroud extends substantially perpendicularly from at least one edge of the plate for shielding the locking device and/or the locking formation.
According to another aspect of the invention there is provided a locking bracket including a plate, a locking formation supported by the plate for selectively and captively engaging a locking device, an aperture in the plate spaced apart from the locking formation for receiving a bolt extending from the locking device, and a shroud extending substantially perpendicularly from at least one edge of the plate for shielding the locking device.
Preferably, the shroud extends from two opposed edges of the plate and also shields the locking formation.
Preferably also, the locking formation and the aperture are longitudinally spaces apart and the shroud extends from two opposed longitudinally extending edges of the plate, the shroud including slots adjacent to respective edge of the plate for facilitating placement of the bracket between a first and a second article to be locked.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
A preferred embodiment of the invention will now be described, by way of example only with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:
FIG. 1 is a top view of a locking bracket according to one aspect of the invention;
FIG. 2 is a aide view of the bracket of FIG. 1, in situ;
FIG. 3 is a top view of a punched metal sheet from which a second embodiment of the invention is produced;
FIG. 4 in a front view of a locking bracket formed from the sheet of FIG. 3; and
FIG. 5 is a side view of the bracket of FIG. 4.
MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, a locking bracket 1 includes a 3 mm mild steel plate 2 having two, opposed longitudinally extending edges 3 and 4 and two opposed transversely extending eyes 5 and 6. A locking formation in the form of an upstanding protrusion 7 is welded to place 2 for selectively captively retaining a locking device such as a padlock 8. An aperture 10 in plate 2 is longitudinally spaced apart from protrusion 7 for receiving a bolt 11 which extends from padlock 8. In use, bolt 11 passes through aperture 10 and like apertures formed in a first and a second article which are to be locked. In FIG. 2 the first and second articles are a roller shutter 12 and a channel 13 along which shutter 12 slides.
Protrusion 7 includes a locking s
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