Conduit locking device
AssigneeScott Lock Company
InventorBarry M. Scott
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Abstract
A conduit locking device includes a housing having a first end, a second end, and a sidewall disposed between the first end and the second end. The conduit locking device may further include a slide engaged with the sidewall of the housing, the slide including an extension arm and an end portion structurally configured to engage with an inner wall of a conduit. The slide may be extendable via the extension arm from a first position substantially adjacent to the sidewall of the housing to a second position disposed away from the sidewall of the housing, where, when in the second position, the slide is configured to retain the conduit locking device at a fixed position within the conduit through the engagement of the end portion with the inner wall of the conduit.
Claims20
A conduit locking device, comprising:
- a housing comprising a first end, a second end, and one or more sidewalls disposed between the first end and the second end;
- one or more slides engaged with the one or more sidewalls of the housing, at least one of the one or more slides comprising an end portion structurally configured to engage with an inner wall of a conduit and an extension arm, the at least one of the one or more slides extendable via the extension arm from a first position substantially adjacent to the one or more sidewalls of the housing to a second position disposed away from the one or more sidewalls of the housing, where, when in the second position, the at least one of the one or more slides is configured to retain the conduit locking device at a fixed position within the conduit through the engagement of the end portion with the inner wall of the conduit;
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- a connector on one or more of the first end and the second end of the housing, the connector structurally configured to engage with a tool to releasably place the housing within the conduit.
A conduit locking device, comprising:
- a housing comprising a first end, a second end, and one or more sidewalls disposed between the first end and the second end, where one or more of the first end and the second end of the housing comprises a countersunk hole to facilitate alignment of a tool with a connector;
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- one or more slides engaged with the one or more sidewalls of the housing, at least one of the one or more slides comprising an end portion structurally configured to engage with an inner wall of a conduit and an extension arm, the at least one of the one or more slides extendable via the extension arm from a first position substantially adjacent to the one or more sidewalls of the housing to a second position disposed away from the one or more sidewalls of the housing, where, when in the second position, the at least one of the one or more slides is configured to retain the conduit locking device at a fixed position within the conduit through the engagement of the end portion with the inner wall of the conduit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.