Patent · US Expired

Padlock cover with storage compartment

US4869082A · kind A · utility

36Cited by
2References
7Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 20, 1988
Grant dateSep 26, 1989
Priority date
Expiry dateApr 20, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T70/5031
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A padlock cover with storage compartment, having a first portion which covers the case of a conventional padlock, this first portion having a pair of openings for passing the legs of the padlock shackle. The cover has a second portion having spaced apart walls that define a storage compartment, with an access opening in one wall. A flexible, resilient, elongated lid member is mounted in guide means such that it has a closed position in which one end portion covers the storage compartment opening and the other end abuts the releasably locked leg of the shackle to hold the lid closed; and the lid member being slidable to an open position in which the compartment opening is uncovered when the shackle leg is released from the padlock case thereby unobstructing further guided movement of the lid.

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