Closure fasteners – Bolts – Swinging
Reexamination Certificate
2006-03-09
2009-06-16
Lugo, Carlos (Department: 3673)
Closure fasteners
Bolts
Swinging
C292S195000, C292S212000, C292S291000, C292S301000, C292SDIG011, C220S327000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07547051
ABSTRACT:
A locking system for closing and locking a lid on an enclosure such as a grade level enclosure. The locking system includes a latch formed on an edge of a lid of the enclosure. The latch includes a bolt recess on an upper face of the lid which opens into a slotted wall structure that forms a passage below the lid. The bolt recess has a slotted opening which receives an L-bolt that extends down into a hollow interior of the slotted wall structure. A right angle leg on the L-bolt protrudes below the slotted wall structure when a fastener head atop the L-bolt rests in the bolt recess. The fastener head of the bolt in its at-rest position in the bolt recess provides access for rotating the L-bolt (and its right angle leg) with a tool that fits into the bolt recess to engage the fastener head. The bottom leg of the L-bolt, when rotated to its locked position, protrudes under a locking surface inside the enclosure. This releasably locks the lid to the enclosure.
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International Search Report dated Jul. 18, 2006, for corresponding PCT/US2006/008605, in the name of Channell Commercial Corporation.
Burke Edward J.
Gwillim Robert
Channell Commercial Corporation
Christie Parker & Hale, LLP.
Lugo Carlos
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