US 10,309,128 B2 · Changeable lock cover

Abstract

Improvements to a changeable lock-cover are disclosed herein. The lock-cover operates with a combination or with a separate version/configuration for a key type lock. Minor geometry differences can be accommodated with the housing that can be made out of a hard plastic or a flexible material that conforms around the lock. The retention of the housing is with magnets, snaps or other temporary securing mechanism. A person can pull apart the closure to mover the cover to another lock or to change the cover to a different color or style. The face or indicia can take a number of different configurations including, but not limited to letters, colors, faces, insignias, moving components, lights, pictures and others. The mechanism that retains the cover together is stronger than the mechanism that holds to face or indicia onto the housing.

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Dependent claims

A changeable lock-cover comprising:

a rear housing;
said rear housing having a first rear magnet that is configured to attract and retain a rear of a lock within said rear housing;
a front housing that is hinged to said rear housing;
said front housing has two walls and each of said two walls have a front housing tab on opposing sides of each of said two walls, and said removable cover has two deformable tabs with saddles that are configured to engage into each of said front housing tabs to retain-said removable cover on said front housing;
a retention mechanism that retains said front housing closed on said rear housing;
said retention mechanism being a second magnet in said rear housing and a third magnet in said front housing that are configured to attract and hold said front housing closed on said rear housing;
a clearance in said rear housing and said front housing that is configured for clearance of a shackle, and
a removable cover that is temporally secured to said front housing.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Changeable lock cover

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