US 12,654,917 B2 · Securing devices for containers and other structures

Abstract

Securing devices are shown and disclosed. In one embodiment, the securing device includes a threaded member movably attached to a first structure. The securing device additionally includes a receptacle attached to a second structure. The receptacle defines an opening sized to receive a portion of the at least one threaded member. The securing device further includes a fastener having an aperture with corresponding threads to receive the threaded member. The fastener additionally includes a handle portion sized to be grasped in the palm of a user's hand to move the fastener between a secured position in which the fastener contacts the receptacle when the portion of the at least one threaded member is received in the opening to secure the threaded member to the receptacle and to secure the first and second structures together, and an unsecured position in which the fastener is spaced from the receptacle.

Claims12

Dependent claims

A securing device, comprising:

a threaded member movably attached to a first structure;
a receptacle attached to a second structure, the receptacle defining an opening shaped to matingly to receive a generally hemispherical surface of a fastener;
and
the fastener having an aperture with corresponding threads to receive the threaded member, the fastener further including a handle portion sized to be grasped in the palm of a user's hand to slidably move the fastener along the threaded member between a secured position in which the fastener is received in the receptacle, and an unsecured position in which the fastener is spaced from the receptacle.

1 more element

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

18/282,988Filed 18 Mar 2022 · us provisional application

Priority

19 Mar 2021

Published

US 2024/0175455 A130 May 2024

Granted

16 Jun 2026

Term ends

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Classification10 codes

B65D 55/02
Accessories for container closures not otherwise provided for: locking devices; Means for discouraging or indicating unauthorised opening or…
F16B 2/065
External, i.e. with contracting action: using screw-thread elements
F16B 5/02
Joining sheets or plates , e.g. panels, to one another or to strips or bars parallel to them: by means of fastening members using screw-thread
F16B 5/0635
In parallel relationship: fastened over the edges of the sheets or plates

Securing devices for containers and other structures

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Securing devices for containers and other structures

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Abstract

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