Locks – Portable
Patent
1992-12-02
1994-02-08
Gall, Lloyd A.
Locks
Portable
70 56, 70200, 70212, 70DIG65, 292218, 292258, B65D 4516
Patent
active
052840360
ABSTRACT:
A tamper-resistant security lock assembly for use on lockrods of cargo container doors to prevent unauthorized opening of the doors. The lock assembly includes a pair of adjustably telescopically interengaged hasps with hook configurations on opposite ends adapted to connect with the lockrods in spanning relationship to a door opening and prevent opening of the door. A plurality of openings are formed through the hasps in positions to be in registry with one another when the hasps are appropriately adjusted relative to one another, for receiving a staple and padlock to lock the hasps against relative movement. According to one feature of the invention, the openings in one hasp are spaced differently than the openings in the other hasp, whereby smaller increments of adjustment can be obtained than if the openings were all spaced the same. In accordance with another feature of the invention, an elongate guard is carried on one end of one of the hasps in position to overlie and prevent operation of the lock arm connected with a lockrod. Preferably, the staple is connected to the hasp through a pivotal support that is designed to fail before failure of the staple itself whenever an effort is made to pry or break the staple or lock, and the guard is connected to the hasp through a connection designed to fail before damage occurs to the hasps, thereby maintaining the hasps in operative condition whenever an attempt is made to break the lock assembly.
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Gall Lloyd A.
Lambert Dennis H.
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