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US 11,840,867 B2Granted
Utility meter enclosure with dual position locks
AssigneeLandis+Gyr Technology, Inc.
InventorsBahadur Singh Rathore, Nikhil Tanwani
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Abstract
A utility meter assembly having a base that is secured to a front cover. The assembly includes a dual locking system having a first locking position and a second locking position. In the first locking position, the front cover is removably secured with the base. In the second locking position, the front cover is permanently secured with the base to prevent separation of the two components unless one or both components are destroyed.
Claims3
A method of securing a front cover and a base to form a utility meter enclosure, the method comprising:
- positioning the front cover relative to the base;
- and
- partially inserting one lock of a plurality of locks of one of the front cover and the base into a respective receptacle of a plurality of receptacles of the other of the front cover and the base,
- wherein inserting the one lock into the respective receptacle comprises compressing two elastically deformable legs of the one lock toward one another due to engagement of angled sides of the respective receptacle with angled surfaces of two projections of the one lock to retain the utility meter enclosure in a first locking position in which the front cover is temporarily secured with the base and a lower surface of a resting feature of the one lock abuts a top surface of a resting ledge of the respective receptacle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.