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20080264116 | MULTIPLE PADLOCK LOCK SYSTEM - A multiple padlock lock system for locking a first post to a second post has a common plate and connecting links. Padlocks connect the common plate and the connecting links around the first post lock the common plate to the first post. Connecting links or a tongue plate lock the common plate to the second post. At least two padlocks must be unlocked to remove the lock system. | 10-30-2008 |
20100058819 | Locking Mechanism for Home Heating Fuel Oil Fill Port - Undesired access to a fuel oil fill pipe having a threaded cap fitting and a threaded cap is prevented by a fuel oil fill-port locking mechanism having: a coupling mateable with the fuel oil fill pipe; a nipple mateable with the coupling the cap fitting; an oil fill-port cover which denies access to the cap; a pair of oppositely disposed apertures in the coupling and a pair of alignable apertures in the cover; a lock pin sized to fit through the aligned aperture; a transverse bore through one end of the lock pin; and a lock pin stop at an opposite end of the lock pin. The cap and the cap fitting are removed from and the coupling is threaded onto the fuel oil fill pipe, the nipple is threaded into the coupling, then the cap fitting threaded into the nipple and the cap threaded into the cap fitting. The oil fill-port cover is placed over and denies access to all the fittings, the apertures are aligned and the lock pin inserted through the apertures and a lock affixed through the lock pin bore to prevent removal of the lock pin. | 03-11-2010 |
20100180646 | Dual lock box - The dual lock box is a secure box or enclosure for receiving and storing documents or the like. The dual lock box is selectively locked by a pair of locks. The dual lock box may be opened by unlocking either one of the locks, without unlocking the other. The dual lock box includes a housing having an open front end. A pair of doors cover the open front end of the housing. Each of the doors is pivotally attached to opposing side edges of the box by hinges or the like. Each of the doors has a tang extending therefrom. A plate is having a pair of slots formed substantially centrally therethrough for receiving the tangs overlaps the doors. Each tang is adapted for engaging a respective one of the pair of locks. | 07-22-2010 |
20110185774 | APPARATUS FOR SECURING A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A securing device for securing portable electronic devices and the method of using the securing device are disclosed. The securing device has a plate assembly, a post assembly and a main bar. A portable electronic device is inserted in-between the plate assembly and the main bar. Thereafter, the post assembly is rotated from a first position to a second position which is perpendicular to the length of the plate assembly. While in the second position, the post assembly prevents the rearward movement of the portable electronic device. The main bar prevents the upward movement of the portable electronic device. The plate assembly has a recessed profile that allows airflow through the bottom portion of the portable electronic device while being secured with the securing device. | 08-04-2011 |
20110252838 | HANDLE - A swing handle assembly ( | 10-20-2011 |
20120204609 | Lock protection system - A system for preventing vandalism and unauthorized access to a lock. The system has a male lock member slidably engaged to a female lock member. The lock members are provided in an enclosure and engaged to the sidewalls thereof. A padlock is provided around a charging bar on the member male lock member to prevent the male lock member from sliding relative to the female lock member a sufficient distance to allow the male lock member and female lock member to disengage from the sidewalls of the enclosure. Engaging the male lock member and female lock member to the sidewalls in front of a lock prevents direct access to the lock, thereby reducing vandalism and unauthorized access. | 08-16-2012 |
20120312057 | LOCKING DEVICE, PARTICULARLY FOR CONTAINERS OF THE TYPE OF SUITCASES, TRUNKS AND THE LIKE - A locking device, particularly for containers of the type of suitcases, trunks and the like that have a pair of mutually articulated half-shells, comprising at least one padlock provided with a main body and a fastening bar, which can be inserted in mutually facing slots provided in respective raised edges arranged correspondingly on each one of the half-shells to determine stable locking of the container in the closure configuration. | 12-13-2012 |
20130086956 | MULTIPLE MODE LOCKING ARRANGEMENTS - A lock includes a lock body, an access restricting structure, a locking mechanism, a lock interface, and a mode selection mechanism. The locking mechanism is operable to secure the access restricting structure in a first position when the locking mechanism is in a locked condition. The lock interface is operable to move the locking mechanism between the locked condition and an unlocked condition. The mode selection mechanism is operable to selectively place the locking mechanism in either one of a first mode and a second mode. In the first mode, movement of the access restricting structure to the first position automatically moves the locking mechanism to the locked condition. In the second mode, the access restricting structure is movable to the first position without moving the locking mechanism to the locked condition. | 04-11-2013 |
20130180294 | Removable Door Locking Mechanism - Disclosed herein is method of locking and unlocking a door that is equipped with an electronic lock, to be locked and unlocked with a removable mechanical lock, enabling orthodox Jews that observe the Sabbath laws to use the door on Saturdays. Also disclosed herein is how to fortify a hotel room door by adding a removable mechanical proprietary lock over the built-in electronic lock. These modifications can be done without damaging the door. | 07-18-2013 |
20130227995 | METHOD OF IMPROVING AIRLINE LUGGAGE INSPECTION - Method of making airline luggage inspection secure while accommodating the needs of the traveler comprises making a special lock available to airline travelers, the special lock having a combination lock portion and a master key lock, the master key lock portion receiving a master key that can open the master key lock portion of any special lock of this type. The special lock is designed to be applied to an individual piece of airline luggage and has indicia conveying to luggage purchasers that the special lock is “approved” by a luggage screening authority and conveying to the luggage screening authority that the special lock can be opened using the master key. The method includes providing the luggage screening authority directly or indirectly with exclusive access to the master key. The manufacturers and/or providers of the master key and special lock retain copies of the master key. | 09-05-2013 |
20140150502 | WIRELESS PORTABLE LOCK SYSTEM - A portable lock includes a wireless signal receiver. The lock may be unlocked by transmitting a wireless unlock signal from a portable device such as a cellular telephone. Various actuation mechanisms which may include a solenoid, motor or memory wire of a type that contracts when energized are provided in example embodiments. Self-locking embodiments are readily operated with one hand. | 06-05-2014 |
20140250954 | SMART PADLOCK - A self-contained portable locking apparatus is disclosed which collects, stores, displays, and/or transmits information each time the apparatus is opened, closed, or even merely handled. This information may include but is not limited to time, date, and the number of times the apparatus is used or handled. The functions and performance of the locking apparatus may be manually or remotely controlled and manipulated. The disclosed apparatus may be also manually or remotely interrogated and the information gathered by the apparatus may be locally stored and/or be transmitted to a remote receiver such as a cell phone or a computing device. | 09-11-2014 |
20150013398 | MERCHANDISE SECURITY DEVICES FOR USE WITH AN ELECTRONIC KEY - A merchandise security device is provided. The merchandise security device may include a lock mechanism operably engaged with a shape memory material configured to receive electrical power for locking and unlocking the lock mechanism. The shape memory material may be configured to change in shape in response to receiving electrical power to thereby lock or unlock the lock mechanism. | 01-15-2015 |
20150292244 | Proximity Padlock - A padlock for wireless connection may include a wireless activated motor being activated remote from the padlock, a shackle being movable between an open position and a closed position by the wireless activated motor and a handheld device being wirelessly connected to the padlock to activate the wireless activated motor. | 10-15-2015 |
20150345183 | MERCHANDISE SECURITY DEVICES FOR USE WITH AN ELECTRONIC KEY - A merchandise security device is provided. The merchandise security device may include a lock mechanism operably engaged with a shape memory material configured to receive electrical power for locking and unlocking the lock mechanism. The shape memory material may be configured to change in shape in response to receiving electrical power to thereby lock or unlock the lock mechanism. | 12-03-2015 |
20160049032 | Keyless Padlock and Method of Use - A keyless padlock having a padlock body, a shackle, a locking mechanism located in the body and associated with the shackle to lock the shackle to the body in a locked condition and to release at least a part of the shackle in an unlocked condition, the locking mechanism including a signal receiver, at least one control assembly and at least one actuator, the locking mechanism being unlocked upon verification of a signal including an unlock code transmitted by a mobile computing device. | 02-18-2016 |