Trash container locking apparatus

Details Trash container locking apparatus Trash container locking apparatus

2007-04-18

2010-10-12

Lugo, Carlos (Department: 3673)

Closure fasteners

Cross bars

Vehicle door latches

C292S336300, C292SDIG011, C220S315000, C220S810000, C220S908000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07810854

ABSTRACT:
A locking apparatus for releasably securing the lid of a trash container in a closed position has a locking arm with an elongate central portion for extending across the closed lid and bent end portions pivotally mounted on opposite sides of the container via pivot brackets which allow the arm to be pivoted between a first position extending across the closed lid of the trash container and a second position extending across the front wall of the container. The pivot bracket on one side is part of a locking device which has first and second locking formations on opposite sides of the pivot bracket, and the bent end portion of the arm on that side is releasably locked to the first locking formation by a locking member such as a padlock when the arm is in the first position and releasably locked to the second locking formation by the same member when the arm is in the second position.

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