Lock mounting assemblies for transportation devices

US9340997B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ingersoll-Rand Company · US

Inventors

• Robert D. Zuraski · Taunton, US
• Daniel H. Kindstrand · Tucson, US
• David Bruce Miller · Braintree, US
• Alison J. Donlan · Hanover, US
• Donald H. Warren · Natick, US
• Michael Tintsman · Malden, US
• John D. Fiegener · Marblehead, US
• Caitlin A. Thompson · Cambridge, US
• Gregory R. Meyer · Amesbury, US
• Thomas Anthony Gernetzke · Boston, US
• William J. Vespa · Salem, US
• Matthew R. Gill · Cambridge, US
• William P. Liteplo · Middleton, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 25, 2013
• Grant date: May 17, 2016
• Expiry date: Apr 14, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T24/44009
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Lock mounting assemblies are disclosed for storing and mounting a locking apparatus to a transportation device. The mounting assemblies include one or more straps or connectors for securing the mounting assembly to the transportation device. The mounting assemblies having a structure to securely retain the locking apparatus on the transportation device and provide easy access to and release of the locking apparatus from the mounting assembly.