# US 10,309,128 B2 · Changeable lock cover > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,309,128 B2 - Document ID: US10309128B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/674,494 - Filed: 2017-08-10 - Published: 2018-02-15 - Granted: 2019-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2016-08-11 - Applicants: Carrington D. Horton - Inventors: Carrington D. Horton - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10309128B2 ## CPC - E05B 67/38: Auxiliary or protective devices {(weather protection E05B17/002; armoured cases E05B67/04)} - E05B 17/10: Illuminating devices on or for locks or keys; {Transparent or translucent lock parts; Indicator lights} - E05B 17/226: {Displays on locks, e.g. LED or LCD screens (on handles E05B1/0084; on keys E05B19/0088)} - E05B 67/00: Padlocks (permutation locks E05B37/00); Details thereof - E05C 19/16: Devices holding the wing by magnetic or electromagnetic attraction {(E05C17/56 takes precedence)} - E05B 2067/386: {Padlock holders} - E05B: LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS - E05C: BOLTS OR FASTENING DEVICES FOR WINGS, SPECIALLY FOR DOORS OR WINDOWS (latching means for sideboard or tailgate structures for vehicles B62D, {B62D33/02}; fastening devices for constructional or engineering elements E04, F16B; locks, fastening devices structurally or operatively combined or having significant cooperation with locks E05B; means for operating or controlling wing fasteners in conjunction with mechanisms for moving the wing E05F) ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The changeable lock-cover according to claim 1, wherein said removable cover include indicia. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The changeable lock-cover according to claim 1, wherein said rear housing and said front housing is configured to accept a combination or a key lock therein. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The changeable lock-cover according to claim 1, wherein said removable cover is textured, camouflage, metallic, gloss and wood. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The changeable lock-cover according to claim 1, wherein said removable cover includes a licensed logo or image. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The changeable lock-cover according to claim 1, wherein said removable cover engages in said front housing in two rotational orientations. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The changeable lock-cover according to claim 1, wherein said removable cover is retained on said front housing with at least two front magnets. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The changeable lock-cover according to claim 7, wherein attraction of said second magnet to said third magnet provides less magnetic attraction than said first magnet to said lock. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The changeable lock-cover according to claim 1, wherein said a front of said front housing has a fourth magnet and said removable cover has a fifth magnet that is secured to said removable cover, and said removable cover is configured for attraction on a refrigerator or a locker or a metal surface. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The changeable lock-cover according to claim 1, wherein said front housing further includes one recess that provides a clearance in said front housing whereby said removable cover engages on said front housing in said one recess. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The changeable lock-cover according to claim 1, wherein said removable cover has two tabs located under a front surface of said removable cover that secure said removable cover to said front housing. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The changeable lock-cover according to claim 11, wherein said deformable tabs require insertion of a key with a plurality of tangs between said removable cover and said front housing to deform said deformable tabs to disengage said deformable tabs of said removable cover to remove said removable cover from said front housing. ### Claim 13 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; 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; a removable cover that is temporally secured to said front housing, and said removable cover is retained on said front housing with at least two front magnets. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The changeable lock-cover according to claim 13, wherein attraction of said second magnet to said third magnet provides less magnetic attraction than said first magnet to said lock. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The changeable lock-cover according to claim 13, wherein said removable cover is textured, camouflage, metallic, gloss and wood. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The changeable lock-cover according to claim 13, wherein said removable cover includes a licensed logo or image. ### Claim 17 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; 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; a removable cover that is temporally secured to said front housing, and said removable cover has two tabs located under a front surface of said removable cover that secure said removable cover to said front housing. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The changeable lock-cover according to claim 15, wherein said deformable tabs require insertion of a key with a plurality of tangs between said removable cover and said front housing to deform said deformable tabs to disengage said deformable tabs of said removable cover to remove said removable cover from said front housing. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The changeable lock-cover according to claim 17, wherein said removable cover is textured, camouflage, metallic, gloss, wood, a licensed logo or an image.