Locks – Portable – Padlocks
Patent
1993-03-08
1994-01-04
Cuomo, Peter M.
Locks
Portable
Padlocks
220339, 70455, E05B 6738
Patent
active
052750280
ABSTRACT:
A padlock protector to protect a padlock with its shackle through the staple of a hasp, comprising a three dimensional housing to receive the padlock therein, a closure member having an imperforate and integrally joined sealing structure around its periphery to prevent moisture from entering the housing from around the peripheral edge when the closure member is in its closed position, apertures to receive either a vertically or horizontally extending staple of a hasp or other lockable loop member through a wall of either the closure member or the housing to enter the cavity of the housing for the shackle of the padlock to lock, such staple receiving apertures having closure flaps, such closure flaps being integrally joined to the wall through which such apertures extend by an integral flexible hinge along a portion of the peripheral edge of such closure flaps and by an integral break-away web of thin cross-section along the remaining portion of such peripheral edge of the closure flaps. The housing and closure member are preferably transparent, and made of a shape retaining but compressible and somewhat flexible material.
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Cuomo Peter M.
Dino Suzanne L.
Kettelson Ernest
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