Security seal
OwnerIan NAZZARIinventor
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Abstract
A security seal has an outer body, a locking insert, and a shackle. The locking insert and shackle are received within a cavity of the outer body to be locked therein. Once the locking insert is engaged with the outer body, they cannot be disengaged without showing evidence of the disengagement. The evidence of the disengagement can be in the form of damage to any component of the security seal, in the form of mismatching of marked components of the security seal, or in any other suitable form showing evidence of the disengagement.
Claims30
A security seal comprising:
- an outer body having a cavity;
- a locking insert adapted to be received in the cavity and permanently secured therein against removal;
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- a shackle adapted to be carried by the locking insert for placement in the cavity with the locking insert and permanently secured therein against removal;
- said outer body, locking insert and shackle being configured such that when assembled together in a sealing position no exterior gaps providing access to the outer body cavity are presented between them.
A security seal comprising:
- an outer body having a body opening leading into a cavity;
- a locking insert adapted to be received in the cavity and permanently secured therein against removal;
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- a shackle having at least two shackle legs adapted to be carried by the locking insert for placement in the cavity with the locking insert and permanently secured therein against removal;
- wherein the locking insert includes a cover including shackle openings through which the shackle legs extend upon assembly of the shackle and locking insert, and the body opening is closed by the cover when the locking insert, shackle and outer body are assembled in a sealing position, said cover, shackle legs, shackle openings and body opening having complementary shapes that result in all exterior gaps providing access to the outer body cavity when said locking insert, shackle legs, and outer body are assembled in a sealing position being closed.
A security seal comprising:
- an outer body having a body opening leading into a cavity;
- a locking insert adapted to be received in the cavity and permanently secured therein against removal;
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- a shackle having at least two shackle legs adapted to be carried by the locking insert for placement in the cavity with the locking insert and permanently secured therein against removal;
- wherein the locking insert includes a cover including shackle openings through which the shackle legs extend upon assembly of the shackle and locking insert, and the body opening is closed by the cover when the locking insert, shackle and outer body are assembled in a sealing position, said cover, shackle legs, shackle openings and body opening having complementary shapes that result in all exterior gaps providing access to the outer body cavity when said locking insert, shackle legs, and outer body are assembled in a sealing position being closed;
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- wherein the cover of the locking insert includes shackle openings through which the shackle legs extend upon assembly of the shackle and locking insert, and the outer body includes closing tabs that cooperate to fill in the shackle openings when the security seal is assembled.
A shackle for a security seal comprising an approximately U-shaped continuous bent wire laying in a single plane and having first and second depending legs, said legs including locking hooks formed of the bent wire at distal ends thereof;
- at least one of the locking hooks comprising a portion of the bent wire having an approximately triangular shape, said portion comprising a first hook leg extending inwardly generally horizontally towards a central area of the shackle and terminating at a first end area;
- a second leg extending downwardly and outwardly from the first end area, and terminating at a second end area;
- and a third leg extending upwardly from the second end area in a direction approximately aligned with the respective shackle leg;
- said hook legs laying in said common plane with the U-shaped bent wire of the shackle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.