Lockable security cover for a padlock
US4905486A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 30, 1989 |
| Grant date | Mar 6, 1990 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 30, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T70/7921
- WIPO fieldCivil engineering
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A security and protective cover for a padlock, which cover is releasably latchable to the padlock to cover the padlock case including keyway, and to shield the padlock shackle, is disclosed. There is a first cover portion having a lower part with spaced apart walls that form a case-receiving chamber with an open front to allow placement of the padlock case therein, with a top chamber wall having a spaced pair of semi-circular indentations for receiving the shafts of the shackle. Extending upwardly from the top of the lower part of the first cover portion is a shackle-shielding wall with a central slot extending downwardly from its top to define twin wall projections lying behind and adjacent the upstanding shackle shafts of a padlock mounted in the cover to surround first portions of these shafts. There is a second cover portion having a major wall with a lower end that is hingedly attached to the bottom of the first cover portion, and at the upper end of the major wall is a wall with twin semi-circular indentations. Above this wall is a shackle shielding portion with twin projections bordering a central slot, and key-operated latching means mounted just below the slot. With a padl…
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